infection and response

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  • what are communicable diseases
    what are some exapmles
  • what are non communicable diseases
    what are some examples
  • what causes the spread of communicable diseases
    name several examples
  • what is the definition of health
    1
  • what are some other examples of causing ill
    health
  • people with a defective immune system are more prone to suffer with infectious diseases
    easy
  • physical illnesses could factor to people suffering mental probblems
    remember
  • what are pathogens
  • why is bacteria harmful
  • viruses CANNOT reproduce by THEMSELVES they need a host in order to 

    reproduce
  • what are the different ways pathogens are spreaded
    air,water,direct contact
  • what are some of the ways we can reduce the spread of pathogens
    vaccination
    isolation
    general hygiene
    drinking clean water
    using protection
  • viruses cannot be killed with antibiotics
  • how are measels spread
  • what are the symptoms of measels
  • how are measels spreaded
  • how is measels prevented in young children
    vaccination
  • HIV is where the virus is attacking the person cells of their immune system, this causes servere damage to the persons immune system so its prone to other infections and diseases as the body is now vulnerable.
    remember
  • what is now the body prone to when a person with HIV and their immune system is serverly damaged.
  • what is aids
  • How is hiv spread
    sexual contact
    exchanging body fluids
  • how do we stop hiv
    antiretrovial drugs
  • what are the cons and pros taking these drugs
  • bacterial diseases can be killed with an antibiotic
  • what causes salmonella
  • what are some symptoms of salmonella
    fever
    abdominal cramps
    vomitting
    diarohhea
  • what is gonorrehea and what are the effects
    is a sexual transmitted disease that passes bacteria from one person to the next.
  • what are the symptoms of gonherrea
    yellow/greendischarge
    pain when urinating
  • some ways to treat gonherra
    penicillin-but some became antibiotic resistant so its uneffective
    using protection
    or should be tested if either one of them has gonherrea
  • malaria is a protist
  • how is malaria passed one to another
    remember
  • how to prevent malaria from growing
    drain mosquitoes from water
    spray still areas with intiscides
    use mosquito nets when sleeping
  • what are some of non specific defensive system
    skin acts like a huge physical barrier as it consists of lots of dead skin which makes it harder for pathogens to penetrate through

    oil on the skin which kill bacteria

    we form skabs when we get a cut

    our nostrills contain small hairs and mucus which traps pathogens

    in our trachea and bronchis we have lots of cillia hairs which traps mucus
  • what are the two functions of the immune system
    is to destroy pathogens and to prevent them from releasing toxins into the bloodstream.
    Also the immune system helps to prevent the pathogens from attacking again.
  • what are the 3 ways that white blood cells help to protect the immune system
    phagocytisis
    releasing anti toxins
    creating antibodies
  • what is the process of phagocytisis
    telll me
  • rose black spots
    this is caused by a fungus. It leaves blacks and purple spots and would eventually turn yellow and fall off.
  • what are the effects of rose balck spots
    this decreases the rate of photosynthesis and the rate of growth because the number of chlorophyll in the leaves decreases.
  • how is it spread and how do we treat them
    water
    wind
    we have to remove them and destroy the plants an infected leaves
    Using fungicides to prevent the spread of the pathogens