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Person to Person
Food and Water
The Environment
Animals
To treat bacterial diseases, antibiotics are
medicines that combat the diseases.
However, antibiotic resistance, the condition
in which bacteria can no longer be killed by a
particular antibiotic, is beginning to occur.
Two Ways to Prevent Antibiotic Resistance:
A) You should not ask your doctor for
antibiotics if you have a viral disease.
B) Follow the prescription and finish the
proper dosage of the antibiotic given to you
by your doctor.
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SECTION 1: What Are Infectious Diseases?
•There are 5 different agents that
can cause infectious diseases, which
are diseases that are caused by
agents known as pathogens entering
the body
1) Bacteria: tiny, single-celled organism
2) Viruses: tiny disease-causing particle
made up of genetic material and a protein
coat
3) Fungi: Organisms that absorb and use the
nutrients of living or dead organisms
4) Protists: Larger more complex organisms
than bacteria
5) Parasites: Animal parasites are energized
by other living organisms
SECTION 2: PROTECTING
YOURSELF FROM INFECTIOUS
DISEASES
How Your Body Fights Infectious Diseases
-Your body uses your skin, mucous membranes, and chemicals
as physical barriers to protect itself.
-Secondly, your body uses an inflammatory response, when an
injury or infection causing pain, redness, and swelling.
-Your body uses the lymphatic system which has infectious
fighting cells moving through it, and lymph nodes hold white
blood cells which defend the body against disease.
What to do When You’re Sick; know what to
do when you show symptoms or changes
caused by disease or disorder.
-Stay Home
-Drink Plenty of Fluids
-Throw Tissues Away and Wash Your Hands
Prevention is Key; prevent becoming sick in
the first place.
-Get Vaccinated
-Maintain Good Hygiene
-DO NOT Share Personal Items
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WHAT YOU CAN DO TO STAY WELL
1) Eat a healthy, balanced diet/ Exercise regularly
2) Drink water often
3) Reduce your stress level
4) Get medical checkups
5) Get enough sleep
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Immunity to Diseases
Immunity to disease begins to develop when you receive vaccines, substances
prepared from killed or weakened pathogens or from genetic material.
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SECTION 3: COMMON INFECTIOUS
DISEASES
Two Communities
helping to prevent the
spread of infectious
diseases in our
community are the
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
(CDC) and the National
Institutes of Health.
Diseases are everywhere; there are so many different
pathogens, in so many different places, it’s impossible to
avoid them.
Bacterial Diseases
1) Meningitis: causes severe headache, fever , stiff neck,
sensitivity to light, and nausea. Transmitted by contact
with saliva or mucus from an infected person.
2) Salmonellosis: causes headache, cramps, diarrhea,
nausea, and vomiting. Transmitted by eating food from
an infected animal or food contaminated by an infected
person.
Viral Diseases
3) Hepatitis: causes inflammation of the liver, jaundice,
fever, and darkening or the urine. Transmitted by
contact w/ bodily fluids of an infected person and by
ingesting contaminated food/water.
4) Cold: causes scratching, sore throat, sneezing, and
runny nose/mild cough. Transmitted by contact with
saliva or mucus of an infected person.
Fungal Infections
5) Athlete’s Foot: causes skin to itch and red and lesions
may appear. Transmitted by contact with others
infected and the usage dampened clothes
Protozoan Infections
6) Amebic Dysentery: causes nausea, diarrhea, and
fevers. Transmitted by mosquito bites.
Parasitic Infections
7) Lice: Cause itchiness and sores on the head.
Transmitted by eating infected food, drinking infected
water, having contact with infected soil, or being bitten
by infected insects.
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