Precious Nwokorie
October 23
Communicable Diseases
The answers must reflect that you watched the recorded lecture and read the textbook.
1. The table below includes the population at risk for the digestive system related diseases.
Place the diseases on the list into the right space in the table based on its population at risk/risk
factors (Some diseases on the list may be placed on the multiple spaces or not be placed at all.)
List: GERD, peptic ulcer, irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn’s disease, hemorrhoids, pancreatitis,
hepatitis A, hepatitis B, alcohol induced hepatitis, & cirrhosis
Population at risk/risk factors
Disease names
Being inherited
irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn’s disease,
pancreatitis, hepatitis B, alcohol induced
hepatitis
Taking NASIDS frequently
peptic ulcer, Crohn’s disease
Binge drinking
peptic ulcer, hemorrhoids, pancreatitis,
alcohol induced hepatitis, cirrhosis
Being obese
hemorrhoids, pancreatitis, alcohol induced
hepatitis, cirrhosis
Traveling to a developing country and
drinking contaminated water
hepatitis A
Sharing food or utensils
hepatitis A
Sharing needle sticks for drug or tattoo
hepatitis A, hepatitis B
2. What are four types of anemia and the population at risk, and ,prevention/treatment
recommendations for each type?
Type of anemia
Population at risk/risk factors
Prevention or treatment (if it
cannot be prevented)
Iron deficiency anemia
Women, infants & children,
vegetarians, frequent blood
donors
Eat more iron-rich foods,
choose foods containing
vitamin c to enhance iron
absorption and for
presentation in infants ; feed
baby breast milk or
iron-fortified formula for the
first year.
pernicious anemia
Age, Have a family history of
the condition, Have had part
or all of your stomach
surgically removed, Have an
autoimmune disorder that
involves the endocrine
glands, Have had part or all
of your small intestine
surgically removed, Have
certain intestinal diseases or
other disorders that may
prevent your body from
properly absorbing vitamin
B12, Take medicines that
prevent your body from
properly absorbing vitamin
B12, Are a strict vegetarian
who doesn't eat any animal
or dairy products and doesn't
take a vitamin B12
supplement, or if you eat
poorly overall.
Eating foods high in vitamin
B12 or taking supplements
with that vitamin
sickle cell anemia
Inheritance
Genetic counseling
(especially if the individual
knows they may be a carrier),
Medications and blood
transfusions can be taken to
aleve symptoms and
episodes.
hemolytic anemia
Inheritance
Blood cancers
Autoimmune disorders
Overactive spleen
Certain tumors
Mechanical heart valves
Blood transfusion
Corticosteroid medicines
Immune system treatment
Rituxinab
3. Bleeding disorders
Type of bleeding
Population at risk/risk factors
Prevention or
treatment (if it cannot
be prevented)
Hemophilia
Males
Genetic Inheritance
Replacement therapy
Medication
Physical therapy
First aid
Thrombosis
Age
Lack of movement in muscles
Injury to the being or surgery
Pregnancy
Birth control pills
Smoking
Cancer
Heart failure
Inflammatory bowel disease
Inheritance
Genetics
Stretch legs/be active
on legs
Don’t smoke
Manage weight
4. List one lymphatic system related disease and explain how it also affects other body
systems (specify the names of the body systems
Lymphoma in the skeletal system of the bone begins in the bone marrow, damaging its tissues
and causing the bone itself to weaken. Lymph in the circulatory system allows white blood cells
(lymphocytes) to circulate. When white blood cells multiply abnormally, they cause masses to
form and lymph nodes become enlarged. Some lymphomas may affect the bone marrow and
interfere with its making of blood cells. The result is anemia, or low red blood cell count. Having
a weakened immune system is a common complication of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and can
become more severe while you're being treated. And pain and cramping from the digestive
system can occur from having Lymphoma.