PSW Term 4

Question 1

What is Tuberculosis/TB?

Answer 1

It is a disease that affects people’s lungs.

Question 2

How does TB spread?

Answer 2

When someone who has TB coughs, spits or sneezes they spread TB germs in the droplets which pass into the air. Other people then breathe in the germs. This is why TB spreads quickly in crowded places.

Question 3

What are the symptoms of TB?

Answer 3

Bad cough for more than 1 month
Coughing up blood
Finding it hard to breathe
Pains in the chest
Weight loss
No appetite
Feeling tired all the time
Sweating at night

Question 4

Treatment of TB

People with TB must take pills called ___________ that kill the TB germs for ___ months.

Answer 4

Antibiotics

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Question 5

How is diarrhoea caused?

Answer 5

Diarrhoea is caused by germs or parasites that get into your digestive system.

Question 6

Give 4 symptoms of diarrhoea.

Answer 6

Tummy cramps/frequent, watery faeces/headaches/ feeling sick.

Question 7

How do you treat diarrhoea?

Answer 7

Make a mixture of 1 litre of boiled water mixed with 1 teaspoon of salt and 8 teaspoons of sugar. Drink small amounts of the mixture often.
Do not eat/drink any dairy products (e.g. milk, amasi, cheese).
Do not drink fruit juice.
Eat boiled rice, bananas, peeled apples and dry toast.

Question 8

Measles is caused by a type of germ called a ______.

Answer 8

Virus.

Question 9

Symptoms of measles
You get a ______ nose, a _______, ______ temperature. Your eyes look _____ and are _________ to bright light. Then small ______ spots appear on the insides of the cheeks. 2 to 3 days later a ______ of ____ spots appears all over the body. The rash lasts about ____ days. The other symptoms all go by the tenth day.

Answer 9

Runny
Cough
High
Red
Sensitive
White
Rash
Red
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Question 10

How do you treat measles?

Answer 10

Stay in bed.
Drink plenty of fluids.
Paracetamol may help to bring down a temperature.
Keep the room dim.
Don’t read, watch TV or use a computer while eyes are red and sensitive.
Take a lukewarm bath with a little baking soda dissolved in the water to help soothe the rash.
Put on calamine lotion to stop the spots from itching.

Question 11

Malaria is caused by a ________, which is spread by mosquitoes.

Answer 11

Parasite

Question 12

Only \_\_\_\_\_ mosquitoes carry the malaria parasites:
A. female
B. baby
C. male
D. pretty

Answer 12

Female.

Question 13

Name 5 symptoms of malaria.

Answer 13

Headache
Nausea
Fever
Vomiting
Aching body

Question 14

Treatment of malaria

People who have malaria must take ______ that kill the malaria parasites in their body.

Answer 14

Drugs

Question 15

What is a stigma?

Answer 15

A belief or feeling in society that you should feel ashamed.

Question 16

Why is there a stigma related to HIV and AIDS?

Answer 16

The biggest reason for the stigma related to HIV and AIDS is fear of getting the disease. Other reasons are lack of knowledge and incorrect beliefs about the kind of person who gets HIV and AIDS (e.g. people who do not believe in God get AIDS, etc).

Question 17

Legal substances

Legal substances are things you can buy in shops, such as _______, alcohol, _____ and some __________.

Answer 17

Tobacco
Glue
Medicines

Question 18

Illegal substances
Illegal substances are substances which you are not allowed to _____ or _______, because they are against the law. Some examples are: ______, mandrax, tik, ______ and _________. These substances affect people’s _______ and __________. People become ________.

Answer 18

Buy
Have
Dagga
Heroin
Cocaine
Health
Behaviour
Addicted