Disease
What is disease?
Any condition that interferes with normal or proper functioning of the body or mind.
What are six ways pathogens are spread?
Direct contact with others
Contact with someone else's blood
Sexual contact
Contact with contaminated food or water
Contact with animals or insects
What is your immune system?
A combination of body defenses that fight pathogens in the body.
How do you keep pathogens from spreading?
Good hygiene.
What is a communicable disease?
A disease that can be spread to a person from another person, animal, or an object.
What are 5 barriers to block pathogens?
Tears, Saliva, skin, mucous, membranes, and stomach acid.
What is immunity?
The ability to resist pathogens that cause a particular disease.
What are 8 ways to protect yourself from getting sick?
Avoid sick people
Never share eating utensils, cups, or glasses
Wash your hands
Keep fingers away from mouth, nose, and eyes
Empty trash often
Handle and prepare food safely
Keep pets clean and healthy
What are germs?
Organisms that are so small they can only be seen through microscopes.
What are examples of the four basic kinds of pathogens?
Chicken pox (virus)
Strep throat (bacteria)
Ringworm (fungi)
Malaria (protozoa)
What are vaccines?
Injections that contain small amounts of dead or modified pathogens or their toxins to cause you to become immune to the diseases.
What are 5 ways you protect other from getting sick?
Tell a parent if you feel sick
If you are ill stay home from school and public places
Cover your nose and mouth when you sneeze or cough
Use a tissue and throw it away
Take medicine a doctor has given you, and take it until it's gone
What are pathogens?
Germs that cause disease.
What is mono, and hepatitis?
Mono is the kissing disease spread by coming in contact with the saliva of an infected person.
Hepatitis is 3 types. Hepatitis A, B, and C.
What are some common communicable diseases?
The cold, and the flu.
Eat a balanced diet
Bathe or shower regularly with soap
Rest when you are sick
Get 8-9 hours of sleep
Avoid tobacco, drugs, and alcohol
What is infection?
A condition that happens when pathogens enter the body, multiply, and cause harm.
What is the contagious period?
The length of time that a particular disease can spread from person to person.