Communicable Illness
1.
Immunization: Vaccines given in order to protect individuals through the
development of antibodies against specific infectious diseases
2. Germs: microscopic organisms that can cause disease
3. Sanitized: removal of bacteria, filth, and dirt that makes transmission of
disease unlikely.
4. Secretions: saliva, mucus, urine and blood produced by the body for specific
purposes
5. Bacteria: single- celled organism called a prokaryotes which means its DNA
is not enclosed in a cell nucleus
6. Pathogens: harmful bacteria that causes harm to humans
7. Four ways to spread disease:
A. Respiratory tract transmission: germs that are passed through
the air from the respiratory tract of one person to another person
B. Fecal-Oral Transmission: passing of germs from an infected
person’s bowel movement via the hand into another person’s system
via the mouth
C. Direct contact transmission: passing of germs from one person’s
body or clothing to another person through direct contact
D. Blood Contact Transmission: passing of germs through the blood
from one person’s circulatory system to another person’s
circulatory system.
8. Communicable Illness: a disease spread from one person to another through
means of respiratory spray or infected body fluids.
9. Vaccinations: inactivated, dead, or weakened live organism of infectious
diseases to which the body builds resistance.
10.
Chicken Pox: Rash tiredness, headache, fever
11. Diphtheria: Sore throat, mild fever, weakness, swollen glands in neck
12. HIB: may be no symptoms unless bacteria enter the blood
13. Hepatitis A: May be no symptoms, fever, stomach pain, loss of appetite
14. Hepatitis B: May be no symptoms, fever, headache, weakness, jaundice,
joint pain
15. Flu: Fever, Muscle pain, sore throat, cough, extreme fatigue
16. Measles : Rash, fever, cough, runny nose, pinkeye
17. Mumps: swollen salivary glands (under jaw), fever, headache, tiredness,
muscle pain
18. Pertussis: Severe cough, runny nose, apnea(a pause in breathing in infants)
19. Polio: May be no symptoms, sore throat, fever, nausea, and headache
20. Pneumococcal: maybe no symptoms, pneumonia (infection in the lungs)
21. Rotavirus: Diarrhea, fever, vomiting,
22. Rubella: rash, fever, swollen lymph nodes
23. Tetanus: stiffness of neck, abdominal muscles, difficulty swallowing, muscle
spasms, fever
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