Disease & Body Defences Flashcards
What are the 3 main groups classified as microbes?
Bacteria
Fungi
Viruses
How do you spread, prevent and treat chlamydia?
Sexual intercourse
Condoms
Anti-biotics
How do you spread, prevent, and treat salmonella?
Poor hygiene
Cook food thoroughly, wash hands
Anti-biotics
How do you spread, prevent, and treat tuberculosis?
Tiny droplets in air from coughs and sneezes
Cover mouth when coughing, BCG vaccination
Anti-biotics for 6-7 months
What type of disease is chlamydia?
Bacteria
What type of disease is salmonella?
Bacteria
What type of disease is tuberculosis?
Bacteria
How do you spread, prevent, and treat HIV?
Sharing needles, unprotected sex, infected blood
Use condoms, don’t share needles
No cure, but there are drugs to prolong life
How do you spread, prevent, and treat cold/flu?
Coughing, sneezing, and is airborne
Cover mouth, flu jab
Paracetamol, rest, stay hydrated
How do you spread, prevent, and treat HPV?
Unprotected sex
Condom
Vaccination
What type of disease is HIV?
Virus
What type of disease is cold/flu?
Virus
What type of disease is HPV?
Virus
How do you spread, prevent, ad treat athlete’s foot?
Contaminated towels
Wash and dry feet regularly
Anti-fungal spray
How do you spread, prevent, and treat potato blight?
Spreads rapidly in foliage in wet, warm weather
Prune plants crop rotation, good drainage
Spraying plants with fungicide
What type of disease is athlete’s foot?
Fungi
What type of disease is potato blight?
Fungi
What 3 barriers does or body have to protect us from disease?
Skin, mucous membrane, blood clotting
What does the skin do to protect us from disease?
Acts as a protective, waterproof barrier to prevent microbes entering
What do mucous membrane do to protect us from disease?
These lie in our respiratory tract; the microbes get trapped in the mucus
What does blood clotting do to protect us from disease?
If we cut ourselves, the blood will clot, and form a scab
What protects us when the microbes get past the 3 barriers?
White blood cells