Infectious Diseases

Question 1

What are infectious diseases causes by?

Answer 1

Organisms and or viruses that enter and multiply with in the human body

Question 2

Microorganisms and viruses that cause disease are called what

Answer 2

Very small organisms; The smallest pathogens (100 times smaller than most bacteria)

Question 3

Name the 4 types of pathogens

Answer 3

1. Through contact with an infected person
2. Infected animals
3. Contaminated objects
4. Contaminated food, soil, and water

Question 4

List the 4 main ways that a pathogen spread according to the book

Answer 4

Infected people, infected animals, contaminated objects, and contaminated food, soil, and water

Question 5

List the body’s 5 main lines of defense against infectious diseases?

Answer 5

Saliva and tears, mucous membranes, cilia, skin, and stomach acid

Question 6

What is the body’s second line of defense physical and chemical defenses don’t work

Answer 6

Inflammation

Question 7

What is immunity

Answer 7

Immunity is your body’s ability to destroy pathogens that it has previously encountered before the pathogen’s are able to cause disease

Question 8

What are the bodies two types of lymphocytes (white blood cells) and what do they do

Answer 8

T cells- destroy any body cell that has been infected by a pathogen produce chemicals that stimulate the other T and B cells fight off infection and produce chemicals that turn off the immune system cells when an infection has been brought under control
B cells- produce anti-bodies

Question 9

What is the lymphatic system

Answer 9

A network of vessels

Question 10

What is passive immunity? what is active immunity?

Answer 10

Community acquired by receiving anti-bodies from a source other than those on immune system is called passive immunity. Active immunity results from either having a disease of from receiving a vaccine

Question 11

What does vaccine trigger your immune system to do

Answer 11

Causes your immune system to produce antibodies against the pathogen as if you had actually been infected

Question 12

Are the four main infectious diseases caused by bacteria

Answer 12

Strep throat, Lyme disease, bacterial meningitis, tube Rculosis

Question 13

If you have an infection, how should you treat your infection? What does this do?

Answer 13

And antibiotic is a drug that in habits or kills bacteria. And antibiotic is a prescription medicine, a medicine that is available only at with a written order for my qualified healthcare professional

Question 14

What are the four main viral diseases?

Answer 14

The common cold, influenza, pneumonia, hepatitis

Question 15

What is pneumonia

Answer 15

Serious infection of the lungs

Question 16

What are the three main types of hepatitis and how are they transmitted

Answer 16

1. Hepatitis a transmitted human waste and in contaminated water and food
2. Hepatitis B is transmitted in or during blood contact, also during tattooing or body piercing if tools are not properly sterilized
3. Hepatitis C is transmitted in blood, during sexual contact, or during tattooing or body piercing

Question 17

What are the three treatments of viral infections

Answer 17

Antibiotics, interval medications, and over-the-counter medicines

Question 18

What are five conditions of the book mentions that should lead you to seek medical care

Answer 18

An extremely sore throat, ear ache, vomiting, diarrhea, and a temperature of 100°F that last more than two days

Question 19

What are three main ways to protect yourself against infectious diseases

Answer 19

Avoiding contact with pathogen’s, making sure that you’re in me and immunizations are current, and choosing healthful behaviors

Question 20

What is epidemic

Answer 20

An unusually high occurrence of a disease that certain place during a certain time period

Question 21

What is an emerging disease

Answer 21

And infectious disease that has become increasingly common to have a humans within the last 20 years or threatens to become more common in the near future