2.4 Communicable Disease 3 - Bacteria

Question 1

How does bacteria reproduce and make us feel ill? (2)

Answer 1

• Although they can reproduce by themselves, bacteria often replicate rapidly inside our bodies because of the good food supply
• At the same time, they might produce toxins which make us feel ill by damaging our cells and tissues

Question 2

What is an example of a bad bacteria in food which can infect us?

Answer 2

Salmonella - causes food poisioning

Question 3

How do we catch salmonella?

Answer 3

By eating any food that has been contaminated with the bacteria. However, most commonly, by eating chicken that caught the disease when it was alive

Question 4

How do we prevent against getting salmonella? (2)

Answer 4

• In the UK, most chickens have been vaccinated so they don’t catch the disease and pass it onto us.
• Cook and store your food at the appropriate temperature.

Question 5

What are the 4 symptoms of salmonella?

Answer 5

• Fever
• Stomach cramps
• Vomitting
• Diarrhoea

Question 6

How long does salmonella bacteria stay in the body?

Answer 6

• Passes by itself in about a week

Question 7

How can you help the salmonella bacteria to pass?

Answer 7

By staying well hydrated

Question 8

What is a STD that is also a bacterial disease?

Answer 8

Gonorrhoea

Question 9

What are the symptoms of gonorrhea? (2)

Answer 9

• Pain when urinating
• Yellow or green discharge from vagina or penis

Question 10

What are the prevention methods for gonorrhea? (2)

Answer 10

• Avoiding unsafe sex
• Barrier methods of contraception (condoms)

Question 11

What is the treatment for gonorrhea?

Answer 11

• Common antibiotic, penicillin. However, now there are lots of different types of gonorrhea strains which have become resistant so we have to use rare and more expensive antibiotics

Question 12

Bacteria release small proteins called _______. These can damage our cells and are responsible for many of the symptoms of bacterial diseases

Answer 12

Toxins