Health Flashcards
Malaria causes
- bug bites person, parasite into booodstream, parasite expands in the liver, person becomes ill, if bug bites another person they will then become ill
- only females spread
- need still water to breed
- warm & rainy = perfect
- poor sanitation
Malaria effects
- very serious affect on business
- no business = no income
- families loose out on income
- crops unharvested
- malaria affects country suffer
- fewer tourists
Malaria solutions
- medicines
- apply insect repellent
- increase awareness
- mosquito nests over nests
- insecticides
- draining pools
- flushing out dams
- planting eucalyptus trees
- introduce larve easting fish and mosquito numbers will decrease
- mustard seeds in ponds
- coconuts produce BTI which kills mosquitoes
HIV/AIDS Causes
Drug abuse
Weaned immune system so more suspect able to infection and illness
HIV/AIDS Causes
Needles
Using dirty needles encourages the spread
HIV/AIDS Causes
Poverty
More likely to be suffering from malnutrition, poor sanitation means infection and illness more likely
HIV/AIDS Causes
Malnutrition
Makes the body weaker
HIV/AIDS Causes
Other infections
More infections experienced by someone HIV positive the quicker it developed
HIV/AIDS Causes
War
Causes poverty and malnourishment
HIV/AIDS Causes
Fluids
Blood fluids passed on to someone who has HIV/AIDS that person becomes ill
The main ways HIV is transported
- sharing a needle which someone affected
- having unprotected sex
- babies drinking milk of infected mother
- virus passed from mother to baby in childbirth
HIV/AIDS Solutions
Drugs
Slow the effects of hiv but are expensive
HIV/AIDS Solutions
Health education
Are good at promoting safe sex and getting the message to everyone
HIV/AIDS Solutions
Encouraging health workers
To use fresh needles for each patient
HIV/AIDS Solutions
Cheaper testing kits
This makes it more accessible for people to know if they have the virus
