B5 Communiable Diseases

Question 1

Measles

Answer 1

Type - Bacterial disease

Symptoms - Fever, skin rash, blindness brain damage

Ways it can spread - Through inhaling measles cough

Treatments - Vaccinations, but it must be done before getting it

Question 2

HIV/AIDS

Answer 2

Type - Viral disease, STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease)

Symptoms - Affects the immune system

Ways it can spread - Sex, exchange of body fluids

Ways to prevent it from spreading - Contraception, vaccinations when travelling

Question 3

TMV (Tobacco Mosaic Virus)

Answer 3

Type - Viral plant disease

Symptoms - Mosaic pattern on leaves, affects fertility and photosynthesis

Ways it can spread - Soil, water, pollen transferred by insects

Treatment - Hygienic farming, pesticides

Question 4

Samonella

Answer 4

Type - Bacterial disease

Symptoms - Diarrhoea, vomiting, abdominal cramps (stomach pain), fever

Ways it can spread - Raw meat, uncooked meat, unvaccinated poultry

Preventions - Check food hygiene ratings, cook meat well, stop cross-contamination

Question 5

Gonorrhoea

Answer 5

Type - Bacterial STD

Symptoms - Blindness, vagina/penis discharge, pain when urinating, infertility, pelvic pain (pain near the uterus), ectopic pregnancy (egg cells not growing in the uterus)

Ways it can spread - Sex

Treatments - Antibiotics, contraception

Question 6

Rose black spot

Answer 6

Type - Fungal plant disease

Symptoms - Black spots on roses, reduces rate of photosynthesis due to lack of green places in leaves

Ways it can spread - Spores in wind and water

Treatment - Burning affected leaves, breeding roses that resist the disease

Question 7

Malaria

Answer 7

Type - Protist disease

Symptoms - Anopheles eggs growing in bloodstream, affects circulatory system

Ways it can spread - Anopheles bite, exchange of blood

Ways to prevent it - Use insecticide-impregnated insect nets when sleeping, insecticide spray, use antimalarial drugs when travelling