Common Communicable Illnesses in the US
Presents as stuffy & runny nose, sneezing, mild body aches and a sore throat.
What is the common cold?
12.7% of children 2-5 years old have this health condition. That percentage increases to 20.7% in children 6-11 years old.
What is obesity?
This disease, though preventable and treatable with antibiotics, remains the leading infectious cause of death among children.
What is pneumonia?
Child deaths caused by pneumonia are strongly linked to undernutrition, lack of safe water and sanitation, indoor air pollution and inadequate access to health care.
Very contagious, viral infection. Presents, often suddenly, with fever, body aches, sore throat, cough that gets worse.
What is the flu (Influenza)?
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8% of children between 5 and 11 years old have been told by a doctor they have this (neuro)developmental disorder.
What is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?
This symptom is associated with many infectious diseases, and remains a leading cause of death in young children, particularly in humanitarian settings.
What is diarrhea?
The top cause of bronchiolitis (inflammation of the small airways) and pneumonia in infants and young children.
Up to 2% of first infections require hospitalization.
What is RSV (respiratory syncytial virus)?
The infection begins with flu-like symptoms, including a fever, runny nose, and cough. Up to 40% of young children with their first RSV infection will develop noticeable wheezing, and up to 2% will require hospitalization. RSV tends to be milder in older kids and adults.
11% of children between 5 and 11 have been told by a doctor that they have this chronic, long-term inflammatory condition.
What is asthma?
The world's third most deadly disease for children 1 month - 5 years. The vector of disease is an insect.
What is malaria?
Presents as fever, sore throat, sores around the mouth and a rash on the hands and feet.
What is hand, foot and mouth disease?
Very contagious and fairly common. It can spread quickly at schools and day care centers. Most people get better on their own in 7 to 10 days.
Nearly 20% of children have this kind/category of allergy, while 6% have a food allergy.
What are seasonal allergies?
Allergy symptoms include rashes and hives, difficulty breathing, sneezing and coughing.
The most common food allergies in children are to peanuts and milk, but other common triggers include eggs, fish, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat. The most severe reactions are often caused by peanuts, tree nuts, fish, and shellfish.
Additionally, 10% of children have eczema.
This disease is caused by a bacteria that most commonly affects the lungs. It can live latent in the body for many years, without causing symptoms. It is both preventable and curable, yet nearly a quarter of a million deaths occur each year because of it, the majority of which are in children under 5 years.
What is tuberculosis?
About a quarter of the global population is estimated to have been infected with TB bacteria. About 5–10% of people infected with TB will eventually get symptoms and develop TB disease. Those who are infected but not (yet) ill with the disease cannot transmit it. TB disease is usually treated with antibiotics and can be fatal without treatment. In certain countries, the Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine is given to babies or small children to prevent TB. The vaccine prevents TB outside of the lungs but not in the lungs.