Disease ( Part 1 )

Diseases

This lesson is about Communicable and Lifestyle diseases

What is a disease ?

Disease is when the normal functioning of the body is affected.

There are 2 kinds of diseases

• Communicable disease and

• Lifestyle disease

1) Communicable disease

spreads from one person to another . It is also called Infectious disease

2) Lifestyle disease

develops due to wrong eating and wrong living habits . It is also called non communicable disease as they do not spread from one person to another .

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A disease is when

• we feel active

• the normal functioning of the body is affected

• when we feel hungry

• when the body functions normally

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A communicable disease

• spreads from one person to another

• does not spread from one person to another

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A lifestyle disease develops

• by wrong eating and living habits

• when we are born

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Lifestyle diseases are also called

• Communicable diseases

• non communicable diseases

What causes communicable diseases ? What do these look like ?

You are right - these are germs

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What causes communicable diseases?

• germs

• White blood cells

• Both the above

• Neither of the above

Where are these germs present ?

Answer - In air , water and soil

Example of a communicable disease

This is influenza

Example of a communicable disease

This is chickenpox

Example of a communicable disease. Name it

Yes you are right. This is common cold.

Example of communicable disease

This is Tuberculosis

Fill in the Blanks

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An example of a communicable disease is

• diabetes

• cancer

• Influenza

Communicable diseases spread in some ways

The next few slides contain the ways in which communicable diseases spread.

1) AIR BORNE DISEASES ( means diseases that spread through air)

When an infected person coughs or sneezes, tiny droplets of moisture that germs are thrown into the air. 

Another person breathing in these droplets are likely to get infected and this leads to air borne diseases.

An example of a communicable disease that spreads through air is .....

Chickenpox

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One way in which communicable disease spreads is

• through air

• if you look at somebody

• if you talk to somebody

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An example of a disease that spreads through air is

• obesity

• chickenpox

2) WATER BORNE DISEASES -  means diseases that spread through water

When we drink infected water , it causes water borne diseases

An example of a water borne disease is

cholera

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A water borne disease means

• disease that spreads by drinking infected water

• disease that spreads by drinking clean water

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An example of a water borne disease is

• Cholera

• influenza

• obesity

3) FOOD BORNE DISEASE - means disease that spreads by eating infected food.

Example typhoid

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Food borne disease happens when we eat

• healthy food

• balanced diet

• infected food

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An example of a food borne disease is

• chickenpox

• typhoid

• obesity

Diseases also spread by contact - this means when you touch a person who has the disease, you can get the disease also

A disease that spreads by contact is

Common cold

Multiple Choice

A disease that spreads by contact is

• Cancer

• common cold

Diseases also spread through insects

for example Mosquito

A disease that mosquitoes spread is

Malaria