Communicable
Diseases
TOPIC:
Communicable
Diseases
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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