How much do you want to share

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How much do you want to share?

• Communicable disease.the gift that keeps on
  giving!

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What is a Communicable Disease?

• A disease is an unhealthy condition of the body
  or mind.

• A Communicable
• Disease, such as a cold, is a disease that
  spreads from person to person.

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Communicable Diseases are caused by germs.
4 Most Common Disease-Causing Germs
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Viruses
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Fungi
Bacteria
Protozoa
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VIRUSES

• DESCRIPTION Smallest and Simplest of
  disease-causing organisms
• TYPICAL DISEASES Colds, influenza (flu),
  chickenpox, rabies, AIDS

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BACTERIA

• DESCRIPTION One-celled organisms similar to
  plants
• TYPICAL DISEASES Strep throat, gonorrhea,
  tuberculosis, Lyme disease, whooping cough

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FUNGI

• DESCRIPTION One- or many-celled primitive plants
  such as molds
• TYPICAL DISEASES Athletes foot, jock itch,
  ringworm, thrush, vaginitis

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Protozoa

• DESCRIPTION
• One-celled organisms similar to animals
• TYPICAL DISEASES
• Malaria, dysentery, giardiasis, toxoplasmosis

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Ways Germs are spreadKnowing how germs spread
can help you protect yourself against
infection!!!!!
Indirect Contact
Direct Contact
Other Contacts
Contact with Animals
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• Germs can be passed on if you touch an infected
  area on another person.
• Some germs, such as the AIDS virus, are spread
  through direct sexual contact.

DIRECT CONTACT
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And just how do we share?

• This can be direct contact such as touching,
  hugging and sexual contact.
• This also includes physical activities like
  sports and even fights that cause bleeding !
• Indirect contact is contact with the germs
  through the air like when we share the flu
  through sneezing, coughing and touching objects
  such as door knobs, telephones even your remote
  control for the TV!
• Another form of indirect contact is using needles
  that have been used by another person.

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INDIRECT CONTACT

• Germs may be passed when someone sick sneezes or
  coughs near you. You breathe in the germs.
• Germs are also passed on when people share cups,
  bottles and other personal items like NEEDLES.

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Contact with Animals

• You can get an infection from the bite of an
  insect or an animal.
• The germs that cause rabies and West Nile virus
  are spread this way.

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Other Contacts

• You can also get infection from eating or
  drinking contaminated food or water.
• Salmonella, a type of food poisoning, can be
  spread this way.

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First line of defense

• Bathe or shower daily!
• Eat right!
• Dont eat or drink after ANYONE!
• Avoid sexual contact!

• Wash hands often!

Prepare food properly!
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BE SAFE
BE SMART
WATCH WHAT YOU SHARE