Cause, Spread & Control of Disease Flashcards
What is Health?
A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease.”
What is disease?
“Disease is any state that is a departure from positive health, whether that departure is physical or mental”
Impact of Disease on a Force?
Manpower Wastage
•Unit Mission Failure
•Wastes limited unit resources
2 Categories of Disease
Non-communicable Diseases:
communicable Diseases:
The 6 types of disease spreading organism’s?
Bacteria
Virus
Fungi
Parasite
Protozoa
Helminths
How do Microorganisms enter the Body?
Eyes
•Nose
•Mouth
•Injection
•Open Cuts & Sores
•Genitals
Source of Infection are?
Case
Carrier
Contact
Convalescent
Corpse
Routes of Disease?
Airborn
Vector-borne (Arthropod/Insect)
Ingestion
Contact
Target of Disease
The Healthy but Susceptible Human.