List the symptoms of an infection.

List should include symptoms that are

• systemic (e.g., fever and muscle and joint aches)
• localized (e.g., redness, pain, discharge).

Refer to Unit III in Nurse Aide Curriculum Links to an external site., Virginia Board of Nursing, Virginia Department of Health Professions, 2018.

Process/Skill Questions:

• What are the major symptoms of infection?
• What is the difference between a generalized and localized infection?
• How do pathogens cause symptoms (i.e., histaminic response, death of cells, toxin production)?