Bacterial Diseases and Preventing Disease

Question 1

what are the two types of bacterial diseases we need to know

Answer 1

salmonella and gonorrhoea,

Question 2

what is salmonella

Answer 2

a type of bacteria that causes food poisoning

Question 3

how is salmonella caused

Answer 3

by eating food that has been contaminated with salmonella bacteria e.g. eating chicken that caught the disease whilst it was alive

Question 4

what are the symptoms of salmonella

Answer 4

infected people can suffer from fever, stomach cramps, vomiting and diarrhoea.

Question 5

what are the symptoms of salmonella caused by

Answer 5

the toxins that the bacteria produce

Question 6

how can salmonella be treated

Answer 6

in the UK, most poultry is given a vaccination against salmonella.

Question 7

what is gonnorrhoea

Answer 7

a sexually transmitted disease (STD)

Question 8

what are STDs and gonorrhea caused by

Answer 8

STDs are passed on by sexual contact, e.g. having unprotected sex
gonorrhoea is caused by bacteria

Question 9

what are the symptoms of gonorrhoea

Answer 9

get pain when they urinate, and a thick yellow or green discharge from the vagina or the penis

Question 10

how was gonorrhoea originally treated

Answer 10

with an antibiotic called penicillin, but this has become trickier now because the strains of the bacteria have become resistant

Question 11

how to prevent the spread of gonorrhoea

Answer 11

people can be treated with antibiotics and should use barrier methods of contraception, such as condoms.

Question 12

what are some ways the spread of disease can be reduced or prevented

Answer 12

being hygienic, destroying vectors, isolating infected individuals and vaccination.

Question 13

how does being hygienic prevent the spread of disease

Answer 13

using simple hygiene measures can prevent the spread of disease.
for example, washing your hands thoroughly before preparing food or after you have sneezed can stop you from infecting another person

Question 14

how does destroying vectors prevent the spread of disease

Answer 14

by getting rid of the organisms that spread disease, you can prevent the disease from being passed on. vectors that are insects can be killed using insecticides or by destroying their habitat so that they can no longer breed

Question 15

how can isolating infected individuals prevent the spread of disease

Answer 15

if you isolate someone who has a communicable disease, it prevents them from passing it on to anyone else.

Question 16

how can vaccination prevent the spread of disease

Answer 16

vaccinating people and animals against communicable diseases. means that they cant develop the infection and then pass it onto someone else.