Common Diseases
This common disease inflames your mucus membrane. It can make you pretty chilly.
What is the common cold?
Hepatitis impacts this organ.
What is the liver?
You should get this type of vaccine very year to prevent the spread of influenza.
What is the flu vaccine?
This single celled organism can be helpful or harmful depending on it's type.
What is bacteria?
Do this after using the bathroom to help prevent disease.
What is WASH YOUR HANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This common disease is also known as TB.
What is tuberculosis?
This type of hepatitis has no known vaccine.
What is hepatitis C?
Vaccines train your body to make these in order to fight viruses.
What are antibodies?
This organism reproduces by hijacking cells in the body and exploding them to make more of itself.
What is a virus?
Do this after coughing to help prevent disease.
What is WASH YOUR HANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!
This common disease causes your throat to swell and develop pustules on your tonsils.
What is strep throat?
This type of microorganism causes hepatitis.
What is a virus?
This is when over 75% of a given population is immune to a virus.
What is herd immunity?
Despite it's name, this plantlike organism that causes athletes foot is not fun.
What is fungi?
Do this to prevent getting disease from vectors such as ticks and mosquitos.
What is use bug repellant, wear long pants and sleeves, stay indoors at dusk and night.
This common disease can be prevented by getting an updated vaccine every year.
What is influenza?
This is the best way to prevent hepatitis B.
What is getting the vaccine?
This disease was eradicated globally in 1980 by the wide spread use of vaccines.
What is smallpox?
These single celled organisms are larger and more complex than bacteria.
What is a protozoa?
Do this before eating to help prevent disease.
What is WASH YOUR HANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This common disease can fill your lungs with liquid and the first letter of it's name is silent.
What is pneumonia?
In addition to attacking the liver, hepatitis A impacts this body system.
What is the digestive system?
This type of vaccine has a weakened virus inside it.
What is a live virus vaccine?
This organism causes typhus and is transmitted through insect bites.
What is Rickettsia?
Do this after handling raw food to help prevent disease.
What is WASH YOUR HANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!