diseases Flashcards
What symptoms does Ebola have?
Fever, muscle pain, headache
What symptoms does HIV have?
Flu like symptoms
What symptoms does Cholera have?
Diarrhoea, stomach cramps, vomiting
What symptoms does Salmonella have?
Fever, abdominal cramps, vomiting, diarrhoea
What symptoms does Gonorrhoea have?
Thick yellow/green discharge from the vagina or penis, pain when urinating
What symptoms does Chalara ash dieback have?
Loss of leaves, legions on bark
What symptoms does Malaria have?
Recurrent episodes of fever
What symptoms does Tuberculosis have?
Coughing up blood
What type of pathogen causes Tuberculosis?
Bacteria
What type of pathogen causes Malaria?
Protist
What type of pathogen causes Chalara ash dieback?
Fungus
What type of pathogen causes Gonorrhoea?
Bacteria
What type of pathogen causes Salmonella?
Bacteria
What type of pathogen causes Cholera?
Bacteria
What type of pathogen causes HIV?
Virus
What type of pathogen causes Ebola?
Virus
How do you get Ebola?
When people come in contact with infected blood or body fluids
How do you get HIV?
Through sexual contact or exchange of body fluids (needles)
How do you get Cholera?
Drinking unclean water, eating food handled by an infected person
How do you get Salmonella?
Contaminated food
How do you get Gonorrhoea?
Sexual contact
How do you get Chalara ash dieback?
From the wind
How do you get Malaria?
Bitten by a mosquito
How do you get Tuberculosis?
When a person with active TB disease in their lungs coughs or sneezes and someone else inhales the expelled droplets, which contain TB bacteria
Treatments for Tuberculosis
Antibiotics
Treatments for Malaria
Use mosquito nets, anti malarial tablets
Treatments for Chalara ash dieback
Removing affected leaves and trees from the area, cut the trees down
Treatments for Gonorrhoea
Antibiotics, use barrier method of contraception
Treatments for Salmonella
Rest, painkillers
Treatments for Cholera
Antibiotics
Treatments for HIV
Antiretroviral drugs
Treatments for Ebola
Prevented by vaccination
