5.1 Communicable Diseases

Question 1

What is a communicable disease?

Answer 1

An infectious disease (e.g- flu and tuberculosis)

Question 2

What are communicable diseases caused by?

Answer 2

Pathogens such as bacteria and viruses that can be spread from one person to another.

Question 3

What are non-communicable diseases?

Answer 3

Diseases that can’t be transmitted from one person to another.

Question 4

give 3 examples of factors that also affect health…

Answer 4

1) diet 2) stress 3) life situations

Question 5

define what is meant by good health…

Answer 5

health is a state of physical and mental well-being.

Question 6

what causes a majority of communicable diseases in people?

Answer 6

bacteria and viruses

Question 7

what causes a majority of communicable diseases in plants?

Answer 7

viruses and fungi

Question 8

what is bacteria?

Answer 8

a single-cell living organism

Question 9

viruses are even { } than bacteria

Answer 9

smaller

Question 10

once bacteria and viruses are in the body what do they do?

Answer 10

they reproduce rapidly

Question 11

what is the process called when bacteria spills into 2?

Answer 11

binary fission

Question 12

what is binary fission?

Answer 12

when bacteria divides into 2

Question 13

while binary fission is happening what may be produced?

Answer 13

toxins

Question 14

what do viruses do?

Answer 14

they take over the cells. they live and reproduce inside the cells, damaging and destroying them.

Question 15

name 3 common symptoms of diseases?

Answer 15

high temp, headache and rashes.

Question 16

3 main ways pathogens get from an individual to another?

Answer 16

1) by air 2) direct contact 3) by water.

Question 17

bacteria dives every … mins?

Answer 17

20 mins

Question 18

there are a number of ways to prevent bacteria. give 2 ways…

Answer 18

change temp & use disinfectants.

Question 19

who is Ignaz Semmelweis?

Answer 19

doctor who noticed washing hands- less deaths.

Question 20

simple hygiene includes…?

Answer 20

1- handwashing. 2- using disinfectants 3- coughing and sneezing into tissues and hands (wash hands after)

Question 21

what do you do if someone has ebola or cholera?

Answer 21

isolate them.

Question 22

during a vaccination, doctors….

Answer 22

introduce a harmless dose of pathogen to the body.

Question 23

main symptoms of measles?

Answer 23

fever + rash

Question 24

measles can lead to….

Answer 24

brain damage or blindness

Question 25

how do you treat measles?

Answer 25

isolation

Question 26

HIV develops into ….

Answer 26

AIDS.

Question 27

how is HIV spread?

Answer 27

HIV is spread by sexual contact and bodily fluids.

Question 28

main symptoms of samonella?

Answer 28

cramps, vomiting and diorrhead

Question 29

gonorrhoea is a…

Answer 29

STI

Question 30

symptoms of gonorrhoea are….

Answer 30

yellow discharge but 10% of men and 50% of women ont get symptoms.

Question 31

untreated gonorrhoea can lead to…

Answer 31

pelvic pains and infertility.