Person to Person

Food and Water

The Environment

Animals

To treat bacterial diseases, antibiotics are

medicines that combat the diseases.

However, antibiotic resistance, the condition

in which bacteria can no longer be killed by a

particular antibiotic, is beginning to occur.

Two Ways to Prevent Antibiotic Resistance:

A) You should not ask your doctor for

antibiotics if you have a viral disease.

B) Follow the prescription and finish the

proper dosage of the antibiotic given to you

by your doctor.

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SECTION 1: What Are Infectious Diseases?

•There are 5 different agents that

can cause infectious diseases, which

are diseases that are caused by

agents known as pathogens entering

the body

1) Bacteria: tiny, single-celled organism

2) Viruses: tiny disease-causing particle

made up of genetic material and a protein

coat

3) Fungi: Organisms that absorb and use the

nutrients of living or dead organisms

4) Protists: Larger more complex organisms

than bacteria

5) Parasites: Animal parasites are energized

by other living organisms

SECTION 2: PROTECTING

YOURSELF FROM INFECTIOUS

DISEASES

How Your Body Fights Infectious Diseases

-Your body uses your skin, mucous membranes, and chemicals

as physical barriers to protect itself.

-Secondly, your body uses an inflammatory response, when an

injury or infection causing pain, redness, and swelling.

-Your body uses the lymphatic system which has infectious

fighting cells moving through it, and lymph nodes hold white

blood cells which defend the body against disease.

What to do When You’re Sick; know what to

do when you show symptoms or changes

caused by disease or disorder.

-Stay Home

-Drink Plenty of Fluids

-Throw Tissues Away and Wash Your Hands

Prevention is Key; prevent becoming sick in

the first place.

-Get Vaccinated

-Maintain Good Hygiene

-DO NOT Share Personal Items

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WHAT YOU CAN DO TO STAY WELL

1) Eat a healthy, balanced diet/ Exercise regularly

2) Drink water often

3) Reduce your stress level

4) Get medical checkups

5) Get enough sleep

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Immunity to Diseases

Immunity to disease begins to develop when you receive vaccines, substances

prepared from killed or weakened pathogens or from genetic material.

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SECTION 3: COMMON INFECTIOUS

DISEASES

Two Communities

helping to prevent the

spread of infectious

diseases in our

community are the

Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention

(CDC) and the National

Institutes of Health.

Diseases are everywhere; there are so many different

pathogens, in so many different places, it’s impossible to

avoid them.

Bacterial Diseases

1) Meningitis: causes severe headache, fever , stiff neck,

sensitivity to light, and nausea. Transmitted by contact

with saliva or mucus from an infected person.

2) Salmonellosis: causes headache, cramps, diarrhea,

nausea, and vomiting. Transmitted by eating food from

an infected animal or food contaminated by an infected

person.

Viral Diseases

3) Hepatitis: causes inflammation of the liver, jaundice,

fever, and darkening or the urine. Transmitted by

contact w/ bodily fluids of an infected person and by

ingesting contaminated food/water.

4) Cold: causes scratching, sore throat, sneezing, and

runny nose/mild cough. Transmitted by contact with

saliva or mucus of an infected person.

Fungal Infections

5) Athlete’s Foot: causes skin to itch and red and lesions

may appear. Transmitted by contact with others

infected and the usage dampened clothes

Protozoan Infections

6) Amebic Dysentery: causes nausea, diarrhea, and

fevers. Transmitted by mosquito bites.

Parasitic Infections

7) Lice: Cause itchiness and sores on the head.

Transmitted by eating infected food, drinking infected

water, having contact with infected soil, or being bitten

by infected insects.

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