Causes and Spreading
Tiny organisms that cause communicable diseases. When these enter the body, an infection may result.
What are pathogens/germs?
Tiny one-celled organisms that live nearly everywhere.
What are bacteria?
This is the smallest disease-causing orgnaism.
What is a virus?
Most familiar disease with several hundred different virus strands. (Everyone says my room is this).
What is a cold?
_____ your hands well and often.
What is clean?
A condition that occurs when pathogens enter the body, multiply and damage cells.
What is an infection?
Your body needs this to work properly.
What is bacteria?
Examples of virus infections.
This is also called the flu for short.
What is influenza?
Be sure to _________ your surfaces often, especially when illnesses are making the rounds.
What is disinfect?
The three ways pathogens/germs spread.
What is direct contact, indirect contact, and contact with a vector?
Examples of bacteria infections.
What is strep throat, staff infection, and salmonella?
These are viral infections that happen mostly in children/adolescence.
What are measles, mumps, and chicken pox?
This is a infection caused by streptococci bacteria.
What is strep throat?
Try to get _____ to _____ hours of sleep a night.
What is seven and nine?
Examples of vectors.
What are ticks and mosquitos?
This is how we treat bacterial infections (medication).
What are antibiotics?
According to the CDC and the health department of the United States, these are proven shots to limit or prevent viral infections.
What are vaccines?
A viral disease that affects the liver. Can also yellow the skin and the whites of your eyes.
What is hepatitis?
Try to _____ touching commonly used surfaces when you can.
What is avoid?
Examples of indirect contact with a person.
What is sharing utensils, drinking glasses, and eating after each other?
For the most part, bacteria is considered _______.
What is harmless?
This is how vaccines work once they are injected into the body.
What is the person will get sick/that viral infection, but then the body will not get that virus again or limit the sickness if they come in contact again?
Another name for this is mono. Swells the neck and throat and can take weeks to recover from.
What is mononucleosis?
____ touching your face!
What is STOP?