Communicable Diseases - Revision

Are noninfectious illnesses which may result from hereditary or lifestyle factors and not from pathogens

• Communicable diseases

• Non-Communicable diseases

Is a disease of the heart and blood vessels.

• Cardiovascular disease

• Respiratory diseases

Occurs when coronary arteries are narrowed or blocked by waxy substance referred to as plaque

• Coronary heart disease

• Cardiovascular diseases

Antibiotics are used to treat which diseases?

• bacterial

• viral

• cardiovascular

How is mycobacteria tuberculosis spread to another individual?

• coughing or sneezing

• drinking contaminated water

• stress

• lack of exercise

Any disturbance in the working of the body is called ______________

• disease

• hygiene

• pathogen

________ is a disease that can be passed to a person from another person or animal or object.

• Non-communicable disease

• Communicable Disease

• Pathogens

________ are disease-causing organisms that are so small you need a microscope to see them. Think "fancy word for germs".

• Animals

• Disease

• Insects

• Pathogens

If you have immunity to a disease:

• It can not enter your body

• Your body can fight the disease off before it makes you sick.

• The germs change as soon as they enter your body.

• You will be able to recover very quickly.

Which of these is part of your body's first defenses against disease?

• Skin

• Antibodies

• White blood cells

• Heart