8. Human Health and Diseases Flashcards
What did William Harvey do ?
using experimental methods and the demonstration of normal ody temperature in persons with black bile using the thermometer disproved the goo hmour hypothesis
What are the three things that effects the health?
genetic disorder
infection
life style including food
What are the two types of diseases?
infectious and non infectious
What are pathogens?
they are the disease causing organisms
What causse typhoid and what are its symptoms?
sustained fever (39-40) weakness stomach pain constipation headache loss of appetite
Which test is used to confirm typhoid ?
Widal Test
Who was mary Mallon what was she also known as?
she is also known as typhoid mary
she had spread the disease called tphoid
What are the two organisms that causes the disease pneumonia?
streptcoccus pneumonias
haemophilus infleunza
What deos pneumonia do and what are its symptoms?
infects the alveoli of the lungs
alveoli is filled with fluid due to infection
fever chills
cough
headache
What happens during severe cases of pneumonia?
gray to bluish in color nails
What happens during severe cases of typhoid ?
intestinal perforation and death
How does pneumonia spread?
a healthy person accquires the disease by inhaling aerosols released by an infected person
Which of the following are bacterial diseases?
dysentry , plaguw ,diptheria
What causes the common cold?
rhino virus
What are the symptoms of common cold?
infect the nose and hte respiratory tract but not the LUNGS
nasal congestion and discharge sore throat haorseness cough headache tiredness
