preventing infectious diseases
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Treatments for Infectious Diseases
• Antibiotics are medications that kill or slow down the growth of bacteria
• Prescription medicines are used to treat infections and can kill germs directly or prevent them from multiplying and growing.
Prevent Antibiotic resistance
• Do not ask your doctor for antibiotics if you have a viral disease
• If your doctor gives you a prescription follow it and finish your medication
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Section: 1
What are Infectious Diseases?
• An infectious disease is any disease that is caused by an agent that has invaded the body
Different Agents that Cause Infectious
Diseases?
• Bacteria • Viruses • Fungi • Protists • Parasites
Ways Infectious Diseases are Spread?
• Person to Person • Food and Water • Environment • Animals
Chapter 13: Preventing
Infectious Diseases
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Section: 2
Protecting yourself from infectious diseases
• Your body uses your skin and chemicals to fight diseases. Your body has specialized defenses, such as an immune system and an inflammatory response these protect your body from pathogens
What you can do to stay well?
• Drink 8 to 10 glasses of water a day
• Exercise regularly get at least 60 minutes of activity daily
• Get regular medical checkups seeing your doctor can prevent you from getting sick
• Avoid contact with sick people when you are exposed to people that are sick wash your hands
• Get enough sleep it is important to keep your body functioning properly
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Section 2:continued
Immunity to diisease
• Vaccines are substances usually prepared from killed or weakened pathogens and then are introduced into a body to produce immunity
What to do when sick
• Drink plenty of fluids • Take all the medicine
prescribed to you • Wash your hands
frequently •
How to prevent spread of diseases
• Get vaccinated • Don’t share personal
items • Cover your mouth
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Section: 3
Common Infectious diseases
Why diseases affect everybody?
• There are so many pathogens in so many places that it is impossible to avoid them
Common bacterial diseases
Tetanus : Symptoms: severe muscle spasms Transmission: enters body through cuts or wounds Strep Throat: Symptoms: sore throat, and yellow or white specks on tonsils Transmission: spread by contact with mucus from an infected person
Viral Diseases
Flu: Symptoms: headache, sore throat, fever, vomiting, fatigue, and cough Transmission: spread by contact with saliva or mucus of infected person Mumps: Symptoms: pain and swelling of glands in the throat, fever, and headache Transmission: spread by contact with infected airborne droplets
Section 3:continued
Common Infectious diseases
Fungal Infections
Athlete’s Foot: Symptoms: Skin becomes itchy and red and lesions may appear
Protistan infections
Amebic Dysentery : Symptoms: nausea, diarrhea, and fever
Parasitic Infections
Head Lice: Symptoms: itchiness and sores on the head
Organizations that help prevent infectious
diseases
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• National Institutes of Health • Clinics • Hospitals
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