Why do we fall ill ?
HEALTH
Health is defined as a state of being well so that one can perform physical, social and mental functions properly.
Disease
Disease is the feeling of discomfort experienced by the person’s body .
Types of disease
1} acute disease: diseases last for only short periods of time.
Eg: common cold;
2} chronic disease: diseases which last for long duration or sometimes for lifetime they are called as chronic diseases.
Eg : Tuberculosis, elephantiasis etc
Causes of diseases
Contaminated food and water
Improper hygine
Genetic differences
Genetic abnormalities
Malfunctioning of any organ
Infectious diseases
Diseases caused by infectious agents ; Bacteria; virus;
Or protozoans
Eg : typhoid , cholera etc
Non-Infectious disease
Diseases which do not cause by infectious agents are called as non-infectious diseases
Eg: cancer
diseases | Causing agent |
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Malaria | plasmodium |
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dengue | Dengue virus |
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polio | Polio virus |
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tuberculosis | Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
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hepatitis | Hepatitis A,B,C,D virus |
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AIDs | Hiv virus |
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Measeals | 1)Myscovirus 2)rubella virus |
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Sleeping sickness | trypanosoma |
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Kala azar | lieshmania |
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ascariasis | ascalmenthis |
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Filariasis(elephantiasis) | Worm>Wuchereriabroncetti |
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gonorrhoea | Nisseria gonorrhoea |
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Immunization : it is a process of making a person immune or resistant to an infectious disease.
Vaccines are the mostly used means to immunize people.
Vaccine is suspension of disease diseasebody gets resistant to that particular disease.
Hiv/Aids
Cause due to virus HIV- Human Immunodeficincy virus
AIDS- Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome
It destroys the immune system of the patient ,from which the patient gets vulnerable to the easiest of the diseases.
So basically this disease is a DEATH WARRANT ,there is no cure till now for this disease. It is a sexual transmitted disease
Caused by cell to cell contact.
There is no cure but we can stop the multiplication of virus by ARI(ANTI RETROVIRAL Medicines)
To prevent –never sharing of needles , regular health checkups , monitoring blood transfusion etc.
Preventive measures for diseases
Maintain proper hygienic conditions
Avoid eating and drinking contaminated food and water
Avoid getting in corwded places
Maintain a balanced diet
Do exercise daily etc
Some vaccines – for infant
Newborn- BCG _ 1st dose
15 days- Polio drops- 1st dose
6th week- DPT and polio
10th week –DPT and polio 2nd dose
14th week –DPT and polio 3rd dose
12 years – MMR
TT – tetnus (between 10 years and 16 years
Author: Vedit Meshram
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