Communicable Diseases
True or False: Communicable Disease can be transmitted.
What is True.
True or False: Non-communicable diseases are contagious.
What is False.
A combination of body defenses made up of cells, tissues, and organs that fight off pathogens and diseases
What is Immune System
This person has been diagnosed with this communicable disease that develops red sores on the skin.
What is Chicken Pox?
These athletes are four times more likely to contract Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS) than an average American.
What is NFL Players/Professional Football players?
What is Direct & Indirect Contact
This risk factor relates to the traits one has been born with.
What is Genetics/Heredity
These proteins are used by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign objects such as pathogenic bacteria and viruses
What are Antibodies?
Someone has been diagnosed with this communicable disease based on their symptoms of fever, cough, and sore throat.
What is Strep Throat?
These pathogens evolve faster than all living organisms
What are viruses?
Microorganisms that can lead to communicable disease are known as this.
What are Pathogens?
Someone who eats a diet high in fats and gets little to no exercise is at risk for this disease.
What is Heart Disease
A large group of single-cell microorganisms. Some cause infections and disease in animals and humans.
What is Bacteria?
What is Cancer?
This noncommunicable disease is responsible for 16% of the deaths in the world - the leading cause of death.
What is Heart Disease?
Being infected by this specific type of microorganism can strengthen one's immune system.
What is a virus?
This noncommunicable disease is developed overtime due to muscle, fat, and liver cells becoming resistant to insulin.
What is Type 2 Diabetes.
This disease has a chronic cough and is very contagious
What is Tuberculosis?
An individual is prescribed aspirin as well as is advised to change their diet due to being at risk for this noncommunicable disease.
What is Heart Disease?
There have been 98 million total cases of this disease.
What is coronavirus?
A communicable disease that affects the lungs, symptoms include coughing and shortness of breath
What is Pneumonia?
You can receive these from your doctor to prevent such diseases as influenza, polio, or chicken pox
What are Vaccinations?
This disease has symptoms of pain, inflammation, and swollen joints
What is Arthritis?
A young individual is beginning to feeling more tired, weak, moody, and hungry & thirsty than usual as well as is losing weight without trying, causing them to be diagnosed with this noncommunicable disease.
What is Type 1 Diabetes
This organism is a type pathogen that lives on, or in, a host and gets its food from its host or possibly even at the expense of its host.
What is a parasite?