COMMUNICABLE NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNICABLE DISEASES O DISEASE THAT

COMMUNICABLE & NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES O DISEASE THAT IS SPREAD FROM ONE LIVING ORGANISM TO ANOTHER OR THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENT O PATHOGEN-ORGANISM THAT CAUSES DISEASES O INFECTION—OCCURS WHEN THE PATHOGENS ENTER THE BODY, MULTIPLY & DAMAGE CELLS O DISEASE DEVELOPS WHEN THE BODY IS NOT ABLE TO FIGHT THE INFECTION

TYPES OF PATHOGENS O VIRUSES—PIECE OF GENETIC MATERIAL SURROUNDED BY A PROTEIN COAT --INVADE CELLS IN ORDER TO REPRODUCE --ANTIBIOTICS DO NOT WORK AGAINST VIRUSES, NEED TO RUN THEIR COURSE --COLD AND FLU MOST COMMON

PATHOGENS CONTINUED O BACTERIA—SINGLE-CELLED MICROORGANISMS THAT LIVE ALMOST EVERYWHERE ON EARTH --MOST ARE HARMLESS, SOME ESSENTIAL --MULTIPLY THROUGH CELL DIVISION --CAN PRODUCE A TOXIN, A SUBSTANCE THAT KILLS CELLS OR INTERFERES WITH THEIR FUNCTION --MOST CAN BE TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS

PATHOGENS CONT. O FUNGI—PLANTLIKE ORGANISMS, CAUSE DISEASES OF SKIN, MUCOUS MEMBRANES, AND LUNGS O PROTOZOANS—SINGLE-CELLED MICROORGANISMS THAT ARE LARGER & MORE COMPLEX THAN BACTERIA O RICKETTSIAS—RESEMBLE BACTERIA, BEHAVE LIKE VIRUSES, OFTEN ENTER BODY THROUGH INSECT BITES

TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES O DIRECT CONTACT: (SPREADING DIRECTLY PERSON TO PERSON) TOUCHING, BITING, KISSING, AND SEXUAL CONTACT, SNEEZING & COUGHING CAN SPRAY INFECTIOUS DROPLETS OF SALIVA OR MUCUS, PUNCTURES, PREGNANT WOMAN PASSING AN INFECTION TO HER UNBORN CHILD THROUGH THE PLACENTA

TRANSMISSION CONT. O INDIRECT CONTACT: CONTAMINATED OBJECTS 2) VECTORS—TICKS, FLIES, MOSQUITOES 3) WATER & FOOD O AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION— PATHOGENS MAY FLOAT IN THE AIR FOR A LONG TIME AND TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES 1)

HOW CAN YOU PROTECT YOURSELF? O HANDWASHING—SINGLE MOST EFFECTIVE STRATEGY FOR PREVENTING SPREAD OF DISEASE O HANDLING FOOD PROPERLY O EAT A BALANCED DIET O AVOID SHARING EATING UTENSILS, MAKEUP. COMBS, BRUSHES AND OTHER PERSONAL ITEMS

PROTECTION CONT. O PREPARE AND STORE FOOD SAFELY O AVOID UNNECESSARY CONTACT WITH O O O PEOPLE WHO ARE ILL COVER YOUR MOUTH WHEN YOU COUGH OR SNEEZE USE BUG SPRAY, AVOID CONTACT WITH DEAD BIRDS PRACTICE ABSTINENCE FROM SEXUAL ACTIVITY LEARN TO MANAGE STRESS IMMUNIZATIONS(VACCINATIONS)

NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE O DISEASE THAT IS NOT TRANSMITTED BY ANOTHER PERSON, VECTOR, OR ENVIRONMENT O SOME ARE CALLED “LIFESTYLE DISEASES” O EXAMPLES: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, CANCER, ALLERGIES, ASTHMA, DIABETES, ARTHRITIS

LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN U. S. O ADULTS O TEENS O HEART DISEASE O CAR ACCIDENTS