Noncommunicable Diseases

What are the 4 types of pathogens?

• Malaria

• Bacteria

• Viruses

• Protozoans

• Fungi

The following are things you can not control as far as NONCOMMUNICABLE diseases go.

• age

• ethnicity

• gender

• heredity

• weight

Viruses...

• use a host to reproduce
• breath oxygen
• grow
• eat food

A person can contract HIV by:

• Sharing needles with an infected person
• Kissing an infected person
• Hugging an infected person
• Swimming with an infected person

Which of the following is not a way to prevent or treat viruses?

• antibiotics
• antiviral medications
• vaccines
• wash your hands

Which disease attacks your immune system, making you unable to fight off other pathogens?

• Influenza
• AIDS
• Parkinson's disease
• Strep Throat

What is the cause of an infectious disease?

• inherited
• environmental factors
• pathogens
• lifestyle

Choose the communicable disease.

• Heart disease

• Diabetes

• Stroke

• Coronavirus

What is noncommunicable disease?

• A communicable disease is one that is spread from one person to another through a variety of ways.

• Breathing in air that has a virus in it.

• Condition that you can get from someone else

• Chronic conditions that do not result from an (acute) infectious process and hence are not communicable.

What is the main way to control if you get or don't get a noncommunicable disease?

• Genes

• Always wearing a mask

• Your lifestyle

• You can't