B5: Communicable Diseases

Question 1

What type of pathogen is salmonella?

Answer 1

Bacterial disease

Question 2

What is salmonella?

Answer 2

bacterial disease which is spread through food that has been prepared in unhygienic conditions.

Question 3

What are the symptoms of salmonella?

Answer 3

• fever
• abdominal cramps
• vomiting
• diarrhoea
• nausea

Last for 4-7days

Question 4

How long does salmonella last for?

Answer 4

4-7 days

Question 5

What is salmonella caused by?

Answer 5

lives in the intestinal tracts of animals like birds etc.

(It is normally transmitted to humans by eating foods contaminated with animal feces. )

(Approximately, every year 40,000 cases of salmonella are reported in the United States.)

Question 6

How can we prevent salmonella?

Answer 6

• Keep raw meat separate from other foods when shopping for and storing the food.
• When handling uncooked poultry wash hands before and after, use cutting boards, countertops and utensils.

-Wash fruit and vegetables before eating and wash food before cooking.
Prevent cross-contamination from occurring.

Question 7

Gonorrhoea is a ______

Answer 7

Bacterial disease

Question 8

How is gonorrhoea mainly transmitted?

Answer 8

Mainly sexually but there are some other ways

Question 9

What are the symptoms of gonorrhoea?

Answer 9

A thin yellow or green discharge from the penis and vagina and it can also create pain when urinating.

• Symptoms only men get:inflammation of the foreskin and pain or tenderness in the testicles.
• symptoms only women get:pain or tenderness in the lower abdominal area and bleeding between periods, heavy periods and bleeding after sexual intercourse.

(Symptoms usually take about 2 weeks to develop)

Question 10

How can you cure gonorrhoea?

Answer 10

• penicillin (ANTIBIOTICS)but the patient is usually perscribed several diffrent medicines(treatment usually involves injections to the buttocks or thigh followed by an antibiotic tablet.)
• (however it is possible tp have an other tablet instead of an injection)

This eases the effects but it may take up to 2 weeks to be completely cured

Question 11

How can you control gonorrhoea?

Answer 11

It is an STD is spread by sexual contact, this can be controlled by a barrier (e.g condom or other means of contraception)
(Can be caused by unprotected oral sex, so you should be protected during all forms of sexual intercourse)

• If you have been diagnosed with gonorrhoea you should tell any recent partners because they might have it.
• More unlikely ways it can spread is to a baby from the mother during birth.

Question 12

Why type of pathogen is sallmonella?

Answer 12

Bacterial

Question 13

What are communicable disaeses caused by?

Answer 13

Pathogens that can be passed from one person to anothrt

Question 14

What are communicable diseases caused by?

Answer 14

Microorganisms called pathogens, this included Bacteria

Question 15

Bacteria produces _____ that make you feel ill

Answer 15

Toxins

Question 16

What are Bacteria?

Answer 16

Single-celled living organisms that are much smaller than plant or animal cells

Question 17

What does Bacerial diseases actually do to you?

Answer 17

-Bacteria divide rapidly in two. They may produce toxins and affect the body and make you feel ill

Question 18

What are the 4 ways that the spread of disease can be prevented

Answer 18

• simple hygiene measures
• destroying vectors
• isolation of infected indiviudals
• vaccination