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Topic 5 - Health And Disease Flashcards

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What’s Choleras pathogen?

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Bacteria

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Symptoms of cholera

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Diarrhoea

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How does cholera spread?

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Contaminated water sources

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Prevention of Cholera

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Access to clean water supplies

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What’s Tuberculosis pathogen?

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Bacteria

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Symptoms of TB

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Coughing and lung damage

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How is TB spread

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Via air when infected individuals cough

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Prevention of TB

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avoid crowded public spaces
sleep alone
Practise good hygiene
Well ventilated home
All of the above are precautions if infected
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What’s Malaria’s pathogen

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Protist

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Symptoms of malaria

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Damage to red blood cells and liver

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How is malaria spread?

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Animal vectors (carriers) mosquitoes pass on the protist to humans but don’t get the disease themselves

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Preventions of malaria

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Use mosquito nets

Insect repellent

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13
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What’s stomach ulcers pathogen

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Bacteria

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Symptoms of stomach ulcers

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Stomach pain
Nausea
Vomiting

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How are stomach ulcers spread

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Oral transmission (swallowing contaminated food/water)

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Preventions of stomach ulcers

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Clean water supplies

Hygienic living conditions

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What’s Ebola’s pathogen

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Virus

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Symptoms of Ebola

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Fever with bleeding (haemorrhagic fever)

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How is Ebola spread

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Bodily fluids

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Prevention of Ebola

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Isolating infected individuals

Sterilising areas where Ebola may be present

21
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Chalara ash dieback’s pathogen

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Fungus (infects ash trees)

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Symptoms of chalara ash dieback

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Leaf loss
Bark lesions (wounds)
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How is chalara ash dieback spread?

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Via air/wind

If diseased Ash trees are moved between areas

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Prevention of chalara ash dieback

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Removing young infection trees and replanted with different species
Restricting imports and movements

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What is Chlamydia’s pathogen

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Bacteria

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Symptoms of Chlamydia

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None

27
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How is Chlamydia spread?

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Sexually transmitted

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Prevention of Chlamydia

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Using a condom
Screening individuals
Avoiding sexual contact

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What is HIV’s pathogen

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Virus

30
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How is HIV spread?

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Destroys white blood cells which leads to AIDS

31
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How is HIV spread?

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Sexually transmitted

Bodily fluids

32
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Prevention of HIV

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Using a condom
Taking medication
Avoid sharing needles
Screening and proper treatment

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Health definition (WHO)

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A state of complete physical mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

34
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What is a communicable disease?

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Diseases that can spread via individuals

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What is a non communicable disease

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Diseases that can’t be transmitted between individuals. E.g. cancer & heart disease

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What is a pathogen

A

Microorganisms that cause communicable diseases

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What is a disease

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Disorder of the body

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