Basic Characteristics of Diseases

Draw

Can you find these words? ACUTE, CHRONIC, COMMUNICABLE, DISEASE, DISORDER, SIGN, SYMPTOM, SYSTEM

• define a disease 

• Explain what the difference is between communicable and non-communicable disease

What do you need to know by the end of the lesson?

1. an introduction to diseases.

2. theory on communicable and non-communicable diseases.

3. theory of acute & chronic diseases.

What are we learning today?

​Learning Objectives

1. What is a disease?

2. Can you name any diseases?

3. How do you get a disease?

In groups, try and answer the questions below:

​Group discussion

​Disease = a medical condition that stops the body working normally.

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​It can cause:

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1. Pain

2. ​Parts of the body not to function

3. Death​

​Diseases

​Communicable vs.

Non communicable diseases

Communicable = Can pass to someone (infectious)

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Chronic = Cannot pass to someone

​Diseases

​Acute vs. Chronic

​Acute = Less than 3 months

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Chronic = More than 3 months​

​Diseases

Advance = Page 47

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General = Page 45

​Workbook Activity

​Workbook Activity - Answers

​Influenza (flu)

Covid-19

Gastroenteritis​

Malaria​

Epilepsy

Hypertension

Heart disease

Multiple Sclerosis​

​Workbook Activity - Answers

Common Cold​

Pneumonia

Influenza (flu)

Covid-19

Arthritis

Asthma

Diabetes

Allergies

​Team Challenge - No cheating!

​Your job as a team is to name as many parts that make up these 6 systems.

The group with the most parts, win!