Communicable
Diseases
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DISCUSSION: Communicable diseases are illnesses that can be transmitted from one person to person or from animal to person. These diseases are caused by: direct contact with infected person(s), exposure to bodily discharges, bites of animals, insects and rodents, air, food, water and milk products. Communicable diseases can be broken down into five different categories. They are: respiratory diseases (common cold and pneumonia), intestinal diseases (dysentery, cholera, typhoid, paratyphoid fevers), insect borne diseases (malaria, typhus, yellow fever, dengue), sexually transmitted diseases (syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid, AIDS), and miscellaneous diseases (tetanus, rabies, dermatophytosis, tuberculosis). Above all, PERSONAL HYGIENE is the most important factor in the prevention of communicable diseases.
LESSON(S):
- Control
the source of the disease through:
- Isolation of sick person (Quarantine)
- Treatment
- A high state of personal hygiene
- Control
means of transmission:
- Properly ventilate living quarters
- Purify water
- Mess sanitation
- Properly dispose of body waste
- Control disease-carrying insects
- Practice good personal hygiene
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