Infectious Disease Chapter 28 Lessons 13 Group 9

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Infectious Disease Chapter 28 Lessons
1-3Group 9

• By Doug Pokorny, Ashley Trammell, Joseph
  Javier, Jacqueline Smith, Ryan Johnson

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Who we are Presenting to

• Age 6th Grade Students
• Sex Equal boys and girls
• Socioeconomic status Primarily white middle
  class with other students from mixed backgrounds

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Objectives

• Define infectious disease
• How are infectious diseases spread?
• How does your body fight disease?
• Immunization
• Common infectious diseases
• Common sense

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You will be able to

• Define the term infectious disease
• List 3 common modes of disease transmission
• Recognize situations in which disease
  transmission is likely to occur
• Name 1 way to help keep your immune system
  response high

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Why we are here

• Infectious disease is something that everyone
  comes in contact with.
• We need to know how to protect ourselves and
  those around us!

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What is an infectious disease?

• An infectious disease is a disease caused by
  organisms that enter and multiply within the
  human body

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What is an infectious disease?

• These microorganisms are also known as pathogens
• pathogens are bacteria, viruses, rickettsias,
  protozoans, and fungi
• They are so small, you can not see them with the
  naked eye

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How infectious diseases spread

• Direct and Indirect methods from
• humans to humans
• animals to humans
• plants to humans

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Human to Human

• Direct
• Sneezing
• Coughing
• Touching
• Mother to unborn baby

• Indirect
• Touching something that is infected
• Drinking after someone with an infectious disease

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Animal to Human

• Indirect
• Petting animals then touching your mucous
  membrane
• Drinking water after an infectious animal

• Direct
• Eating animals
• Bugs biting you
• Getting scratched by an animal
• Getting Stung

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Plant to Animal

• Eating unwashed fruits and vegetables
• Touching fruits then putting your fingers in your
  eyes or mouth

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Ways To Avoid Spreading Disease

• Wash You Hands a lot
• Cover your mouth with a tissue when you sneeze or
  cough
• Dont let people drink after you
• Keep your fluids to yourself

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Ways To Avoid Catching An Infectious Disease

• Wash your hands
• Protect yourself against bugs
• Wash fruits and vegetables before you eat them
• Do not drink or eat after anyone
• Dont eat undercooked meat or eggs

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Wash Your Hands!
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Your Body

• How does your body fight off infectious disease?

Your Immune System!
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Immune Response

• Nonspecific Resistance
• External-skin mucous membranes
• Internal-inflammation, interferon, natural killer
  cells,

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Immune Response

• Specific Resistance
• Lymphocytes
• Memory Cells
• Effector Cells
• B-Cells
• Antibodies

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Immune Response

• Specific Resistance
• Cell Immunity
• T-Cells
• Helper T-Cell Activation
• Cytotoxic T-Cell Activation

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Taking Care of Your Immune System

• Good Nutrition
• Wash food
• Refrigerate foods that spoil
• Take Vitamins
• Eat healthy
• Immunization

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Immunization

• What is Immunization?
• Help for the bodys defense system
• There are 2 types
• Passive
• Active

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Passive Immunization

• Immediate protection
• Short lived
• Blood with antibodies taken from host

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Active Immunization

• Known as vaccination
• Causes antibodies but not disease
• Two main types
• Live-virus
• Killed-virus

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Live-Virus Vaccines

• Contain living viruses
• Genetically weakened
• Weakened through animal filtering

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Killed-Virus Vaccines

• Contained killed viruses
• Less powerful
• Booster shots
• Typhoid fever, Cholera, Rabies

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Immunization Importance

• State by state law
• Needed for work and school
• Diseases still there

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Common Infectious Diseases

• The common cold
• Influenza
• Strep throat
• Mononucleosis
• Can you list more?

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Symptoms of the Common Cold

• The Common Cold
• Mucous buildup making it hard to breathe
• Swelling of sinuses
• Sneezing
• Sore throat
• Coughing
• Headache

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Symptoms of Influenza

• (Flu)
• Respiratory Tract Infection
• Chills
• Fever
• Headache muscle ache
• Weakness
• Dry throat
• Fever (100-104 degrees F)

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Symptoms of Strep Throat

• Strep
• Fever
• Enlarged lymph nodes
• Pain when swallowing
• Malaise (feeling sick)
• Headache
• Nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain in children

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Symptoms of Mononucleosis

• Mono
• Fever
• Sore throat
• Enlarged lymph nodes
• Drowsiness
• Loss of appetite
• Muscle aches
• Enlarged Spleen

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Common Sense

• Keep your body healthy
• Store and prepare food safely

• Treat illnesses and cover mouth when sneeze
• Throw tissues in trash can
• Shower every day

• Avoid sharing
  food

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Common Sense

• When I cough or go kerchoo,
• This is what I always do.
• I cover my mouth with a tissue,
• So my germs won't get on you!

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Disease will still spread

• No matter how many precautions you take, you can
  still get a disease.
• Its not your fault!

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The End!

• Check
• www.cdc.gov
• Or contact Gainesvilles Health Department at
  [phone]
• For more information!