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Page 1 Chapter 13 Infectious disease may come from 1. Another Person 2. Food or Water 3. Animals 4. The Environment Five Agents of infectious Disease 1. Bacteria 2. Viruses 3. Fungi 4. Protists 5. Parasites Treatments for Infectious Disease ● Antibiotics ● Prescribed Medicines How to stay well (*) ● Protect yourself ● Healthy Diet ● Drink Water ● Reduce Stress Level Tetanus (**) Symptom Severe muscle spasm ● Tetanus is spread by cuts or wounds Meningitis Symptoms Headaches, fever, stiff neck, and nausea ● Meningitis is spread by contact with saliva or mucus from an infected person Section 1 Antibiotic resistance is a condition in which bacteria can no longer be killed by a particular antibiotic. Treatments involve ● Not ask for antibiotics if you have a viral disease. ● If your doctor does give you a prescription to treat a bacterial infection, follow the prescription as given Section 2 1. Your body uses its skin and chemicals to fight pathogens. 2. How to stay well (*) 3. A disease becomes immune once extra doses of vaccines are consumed over a long period of time 4. Three important things you can do while sick are treat symptoms, get vaccinated, and keep clean. 5. Three things you can do to prevent spread of disease is to not share personal items, cover your mouth, and be on guard outside. Section 3 1. Diseases can affect everybody, the human body is prone to infection through virus. 2. Two common bacterial diseases are tetanus, and meningitis. (**) 3. Two common viral diseases Flu, and the Cold Flu symptoms Headache, sore muscles, sore throat, fever. The flu is caused by contact of saliva or mucus with an infected person. The cold is caused by the same reasons. 4. List of fungal infections Athletes foot, jock itch, and ringworm. These infections occur most often when the specific type of fungus comes into contact with skin that is warm and moist. 5. Two organizations that help protect the spread of diseases are 1) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and 2) The National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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Chapter 13

Infectious disease may come from1. Another Person2. Food or Water3. Animals4. The Environment

Five Agents of infectious Disease1. Bacteria2. Viruses3. Fungi4. Protists5. Parasites

Treatments forInfectious Disease

● Antibiotics● Prescribed Medicines

How to stay well (*)● Protect yourself● Healthy Diet● Drink Water● Reduce Stress Level

Tetanus (**) Symptom Severe muscle spasm

● Tetanus is spread by cuts orwounds

Meningitis Symptoms Headaches, fever, stiff neck,and nausea

● Meningitis is spread by contactwith saliva or mucus from aninfected person

Section 1Antibiotic resistance is a condition in which bacteria can no longer be killedby a particular antibiotic.Treatments involve

● Not ask for antibiotics if you have a viral disease.● If your doctor does give you a prescription to treat a bacterial

infection, follow the prescription as given

Section 21. Your body uses its skin and chemicals to fight pathogens.2. How to stay well (*)3. A disease becomes immune once extra doses of vaccines are

consumed over a long period of time4. Three important things you can do while sick are treat symptoms, get

vaccinated, and keep clean.5. Three things you can do to prevent spread of disease is to not share

personal items, cover your mouth, and be on guard outside.

Section 31. Diseases can affect everybody, the human body is prone to infection

through virus.2. Two common bacterial diseases are tetanus, and meningitis. (**)3. Two common viral diseases Flu, and the Cold

Flu symptoms Headache, sore muscles, sore throat,fever. The flu is caused by contact of saliva or mucus with an infectedperson. The cold is caused by the same reasons.

4. List of fungal infections Athletes foot, jock itch, and ringworm. Theseinfections occur most often when the specific type of fungus comesinto contact with skin that is warm and moist.

5. Two organizations that help protect the spread of diseases are 1)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and 2) TheNational Institutes of Health (NIH).