Communicable Diseases Flashcards
How can’t you treat mumps
With medication.
How can you sooth the swollen glands?
With a warm or cool pack.
What is flu?
A virus.
Where does flu affect?
The respiratory tract.
What are the most common symptoms of flu?
Fever
Sore throat
Headaches
How can flu be prevented?
With a flu vaccine
How are mumps usually spread?
Through saliva.
How can mumps start? (Starting symptoms)
A fever of about 39.4 degrees
Loss of appetite
What are the most well known symptoms of mumps? (2)
And what do these symptoms make it hard to do?
Swelling and pain in the glands in the neck.
This makes it difficult to swallow or talk.
What are other symptoms of mumps?
Nausea and vomiting
Drowsiness
Convulsions
How can mumps be passed on to others?
Through coughing and sneezing.
How can mumps be prevented?
By a vaccination.
Host does the chickenpox virus spread?
Through the air by coughing and sneezing.
By direct contact with mucus,saliva, or fluid from blisters.
Chicken pox is from about……days before the rash……..until all the blisters are……..all over.
2,APPEARS,CRUSTED
Where does athletes foot usually affect?
The soles of the foot
The areas between the toes
It may also spread to the toenails
Athletes foot doesn’t just aggravate (irritates)……..,anyone whose …….tend to be……or……..can get this infection.
ATHLETES,FEET,DAMP,SWEATY
What causes athletes foot and where does thing thrive in?
Fungi and it thrives in warm, moist environments.
True or false
Athletes foot is not contagious?
False
Where does athletes foot often spread in?
Damps areas such as public showers or pool areas.
How can you avoid getting athletes foot?
By drying your feet, and the spaces between your toes,thoroughly after showering or swimming.
How can athletes foot be treated?
With anti fungal creams and sprays.
How don’t you get TB?
And how do you get TB?
By touching the clothes or shaking hands of someone who is infected. TB is transmitted from person to person by breathing infected air during close contact.
How can tuberculosis be treated ?
With an antibiotic.
Describe chickenpox?
An itchy rash that appears all over the body.
Chickenpox is very……so an…….person must……. ……..from people until the……..has gone.
CONTAIGOUS,INFECTED,STAY AWAY,RASH
How does chicken pox often start? (4)
Fever of about 38.3 degrees to 38.8 degrees Celsius.
Headache
Sore throat
Stomach ache
Describe a chicken pox rash?
Very itchy.
Name three ways in which we help manage itching of a chickenpox rash? (2)
Cool baths
Calamine lotion.
How can you make a person with mumps feel a bit better?
By giving them medication to bring their temperature down.
True or false
Antibiotics cure diseases caused by viruses?
False
What medicine can cure diseases caused by viruses?
There are no medications.
What can protect us against virus diseases?
And give two examples of virus caused by diseases?
Vaccinations can protect us against viral diseases such as polio and measles.
………or……….cause some other disease,………..causes athletes foot and……., these diseases make the skin……..
PARASITES,FUNGI,RINGWORM,ITCH
How are diseases spread from one person to the other? (4)
Through the air
Through the water
Through food
Through bodily contact
How do germs get into the body?
Through openings in you body and through damaged skin.
What is a communicable disease?
A communicable disease is one that can be transferred from one person to another.
Some diseases like cold,flu and TB are usually spread by……
When the infected person coughs or sneezes and the germs are breathed in by other people.
What causes disease?
Bacteria and viruses.
Bacteria are very small,what can be used to cure bacteria?
A special kind of medicine called antibiotics can be used to cure disease caused by bacteria.
Describe a virus and the movement it makes in your body? (Hint:cells)
Viruses are much smaller than bacteria. A virus attaches itself to a living cell in your body. Part of the virus moves into the cell. New viruses are then formed inside the cell. The cell then bursts,releasing the new virus that infects other cells.
If you have flu, what is important for you to do? (2)
Rest and drink a lot of fluids.
What can a warm shower or warm compress help when you have a flu?
It can help ease body aches and relieve sinus congestion.
What is tuberculosis?
An infection of the lungs.
Common symptoms of tuberculosis?(4)
Fatigue
Fever
Weight loss
Night sweats
How can a person become infected with tuberculosis bacteria? (2)
Inhales minute particles of infected spectrum from the air .
People who are nearby can then inhale the bacteria into their lungs.
