Different types of Diseases and Bacteria Flashcards
What does the term ‘disease’ mean?
An infectious sickness that impedes the body from working properly.
What causes a disease
Pathogens, genetic traits, environmental or lifestyle factors
What is a Contagious Disease?
A contagious disease is an infectious disease (communicable disease) that can spread easily from one person to the next.
In what ways can Contagious Diseases spread person to person?
Contagious diseases can spread person to person through direct contact (shaking hands), indirect contact (touching a contaminated object) and airborne droplets (when an infected person coughs or sneezes)
What is a way to prevent the spread of a contagious disease if a person contracts it?
The best way to prevent the spread of a contagious disease is to put the person into quarantine until they recover.
Pathogens are organisms that cause what? What can they include?
Pathogens are bacterial organisms that cause viral diseases. They can include fungi and parasites.
Bacteria are ___ and ___
Bacteria are microscopic and unicellular.
How much bacteria species can be pathogenic? Do they have an other use?
Only a very small number of bacteria species are pathogenic (disease causing) and can be used to produce medicines ad breakdown industrial wastes.
What causes you to get a bacterial disease?
A bacterial disease is caused by harmful bacteria (bacterial pathogens) that infect the body and multiplies.
What are some examples of a bacterial disease? What could happen to a human if they were left untreated?
Some examples of a bacterial disease is whooping cough, tetanus, diphtheria, impetigo pneumococcal, meningococcal and typhoid fever. If left untreated, many of these could be fatal.
If a disease is not caused by a pathogen, what could be the some factors that caused the disease? List 3 examples.
If a disease is not caused by a pathogen, they instead may be caused by lifestyle factors (such as smoking), environmental factors (such as air pollution) or genetic factors inherited from one’s parents.
What is a disease not caused by a pathogen called? Is it contagious? List some examples.
A disease not caused by a pathogen is called a non infectious disease. Non infectious diseases cannot be spread person to person. Some examples include asthma, diabetes and cancer.
