Fighting disease & Drugs Flashcards
What are pathogens?
Microbes that cause disease.
How is an infectious disease caused?
Microorganism➡️enters body➡️attacks it➡️able to pass organisms to another
Draw a picture of Bacteria and label it
Draw and label a virus
What happens once bateris or viruses get inside you?
- They produce rapidly
- May produce toxins which can cause symptons of a disease.
what cells in our body protect us against disease?
White blood cells
What is an Antibody?
Chemiclas that white blood cells produce to destroy pathogens
What is an Antigen?
Destroys viruses
What is a live vaccine?
Way of getting rid of a weakened version of a disease.
Prepares body for any encounter of real disease➡️anables the body to fight off disease.
what do antibiotics do?
kill the bacteria from the problem you have
what does a vaccine contain?
Dead inactive Pathogens
How does a vaccination prevent infection?
Vaccine eneters body➡️white blood cells produce antibodies ➡️antibodies produce rapidly➡️antibodies then attack and kill the pathogen
What was thalidomide originally made for?
Then what else did it treat?
A sleeping pill
Morining sickness for pregnant women
what is a drug?
A substance that can affect you mentally or physically by causing chemical reactions in the body.
what do statins do?
Groups of drugs that reduce cholestrol levels in the blood.
