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Communicable diseases Flashcards

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1
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What is a communicable disease ?

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They are spread from person to person. They are infectious

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What are communicable diseases spread by?

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Pathogens

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What are pathogens?

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Microorganisms that cause infectious diseases

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What are 4 main pathogens?

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Viruses, bacteria, fungi and protists

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How do bacteria make us ill ?

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Bacteria reproduce very quickly.

They may produce toxins (poisons) that affect your body and make you feel ill.

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How do viruses make you ill ?

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Viruses cannot reproduce themselves .

First the virus invades the host cell. Then the virus reproduces inside the host cell when the virus leaves it can cause the cell to burst open.

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What’s bigger bacteria or viruses ?

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Bacteria

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What are The 4 main ways pathogens spread?

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By air
Through direct contact
By water
By vectors e.g. mosquitoes

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What are 2 examples of pathogens being spread through the air ?

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While you talk or if you sneeze

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What are 2 examples of how pathogens can spread through direct contact ?

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Through sexual contact

Through cuts/blood

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What is an example of how pathogens can spread through water ?

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Eating/drinking contaminated food/drink

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explain process of vaccination

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  • small quantities of dead or inactive forms of pathogen introduced into body
  • this stimulates white blood cells to produce antibodies
  • if same pathogen re-enters the body, white blood cells respond quickly to produce same antibodies, preventing infection
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What is an antigen?

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a toxin or other foreign substance which induces an immune response in the body, especially the production of antibodies.

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What happens when the vaccine is put into your body?

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The small amount of dead/inactive pathogen stimulates your white blood cells to produce the antibodies needed to fight the pathogen.

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What is an advantage of vaccination?

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Help to control communicable diseases

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What is an disadvantage of vaccination?

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Don’t always work and you can have a bad reaction to it

17
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What is antibiotics ?

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Antibiotics are medicines that fight infections caused by bacteria in humans and animals by either killing the bacteria or making it difficult for the bacteria to grow

18
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What is Chemotherapy ?

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Use of drugs to treat a disease

19
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Examples of antibiotics ?

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Penicillin, tetracyclines, polymyxins and sulfa drugs

20
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Name an example of what antibiotics can and can’t kill ?

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Can kill bacteria and fungi, but not viruses

21
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How do antibiotics kill ?

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Antibiotics work by blocking vital processes in bacteria, killing the bacteria or stopping them from multiplying.

22
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Why an antibiotics not kill viruses?

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Antibiotics cannot kill viruses because viruses have different structures and replicate in a different way than bacteria.

23
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Why must new medical drugs be tested before being used?

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To check that they are safe for everyone

24
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What 3 things are new drugs tested for?

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Toxicity
Efficacy - how well they do their job
Dosage

25
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How long can it take for a new medicine to be tested and reach your doctors surgery?

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12 years

26
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Give 3 examples of things used to carry out preclinical tests on.

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Cells
Tissues
Live animals

27
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Where are preclinical tests carried out?

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In labs

28
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Who are involved in clinical trials?

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Healthy volunteers and patients

29
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Why are clinical trials kept small to start with and patients are only given small dosage?

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This is the first time when you test for side effects, so originally there could be some health risks

30
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What is a double blind trial

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A blind trial is where people don’t know which treatment they are getting. They could be one of the following: the new treatment. the standard treatment.

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What is a blind trial ?

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Where the patient doesn’t know if he’s getting real drug or fake one but the doctor knows.

32
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What is a placebo?

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A replica of the real drug but the placebo is a fake one that has no effect

33
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What are 4 stages of drug development ?

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  • Discovery and Development - Research for a new drug
  • Preclinical Research - Tested on animals like mouse
  • Clinical Research - tested on people to make sure they are safe
  • Review the drug - Check they are safe for everyone and if they will release or not

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