CPH LESSON 4

Question 1

are those diseases for which biological agents or their
products are the cause and that are transmissible from
one individual to another.

Answer 1

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

Question 2

these diseases can be spread, directly or indirectly, from
one person to another.

Answer 2

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

Question 3

are diseases that cannot be transmitted from infected
host to susceptible host

Answer 3

NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASESNONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES

Question 4

many factors may contribute to the development of a
given noncommunicable health condition. These
contributing factors may be

Answer 4

-GENETIC FACTORS
- ENVIROMENTAL
- BEHAVIORAL IN NATURE

Question 5

noncommunicable health conditions are called

Answer 5

MULTICAUSATIONAL DISEASE

Question 6

are diseases in which the peak severity
of symptoms occurs and subsides within 3 months (usually
sooner) and the recovery of those who survive is usually
complete.

Answer 6

ACUTE DISEASES

Question 7

Are conditions in which
symptoms continue longer than 3 months and, in some
cases, for the remainder of one’s life. Recovery is slow and
sometimes incomplete.

Answer 7

CHRONIC DISEASE

Question 8

Common Cold, Pneumonia, Measles, mumps , Typhoid, Fever, Cholera

Answer 8

ACUTE DISEASES, COMMUNICABLE

Question 9

Appendicitis, Poisoning, Injury

Answer 9

ACUTE DISEASE, NON COMMUNICABLE

Question 10

AIDS, Lyme disease, tuberculosis, syphillis, rheumatic fever following streptococcal infections, Hepatitis B

Answer 10

CHRONIC DISEASE, COMMUNICABLE

Question 11

Diabetes, Coronary Heart disease, Osteoatrithis, Cirrhosis of the liver due to alcoholism

Answer 11

CHRONIC DISEASE, NON COMMUNICABLE

Question 12

is the course of a disease that takes in an individual/people from its
pathological onset (“inception”) until its eventual resolution through
complete recovery or death

Answer 12

NATURAL HISTORY OF DISEASE PROCESS

Question 13

is a term used to describe the pattern by which an
infectious disease is transmitted from person to person.

Answer 13

THE CHAIN OF INFECTIONS

Question 14

• a virus, bacteria, parasite that
  causes the disease in humans.

Answer 14

PATHOGEN

Question 15

• is a place where the pathogen lives and
  multiplies

Answer 15

RESERVOIR

Question 16

• some pathogens spread directly from
  one human to another and have no other
  reservoir

Answer 16

RESERVIOR

Question 17

• others may infect non-human species
  spreading from them to humans only
  occasionally

Answer 17

RESERVIOR

Question 18

• in which the infectious agent leaves the
  host

Answer 18

PORTAL OF EXIT

Question 19

PORTAL OF EXIT

Answer 19

1. GIT
2. URT
3. Urogenital Tract
4. Skin
5. Transplacental

Question 20

• the pathogen must have a way to travel
  from one host to another or from a
  reservoir to a new host

Answer 20

MODE OF TRANSMISSION

Question 21

2 MODES OF TRANSMISSION

Answer 21

DIRECT AND INDIRECT

Question 22

DIRECT TRANSMISSION

Answer 22

1.) DIRECT CONTACT
2.) DIRECT PROJECTION

Question 23

INDIRECT TRANSMISSION

Answer 23

1.) VEHICLE BORNE
2.) VECTOR BORNE
3.) AIRBORNE

Question 24

in which the pathogen enters into the
new host

Answer 24

PORTAL OF ENTRY

Question 25

PORTAL OF ENTRY

Answer 25

1. GIT 2. URT 3. Skin 4. Transplacental

Question 26

the individual human in whom an agent produces disease.

Answer 26

SUSCEPTIBLE HOST

Question 27

KEY EXAMPLES OF NCDs:

Answer 27

* Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs) * Cancers (Neoplasms) * Cerebrovascular Diseases (Stroke) * Diabetes Mellitus * Hypertensive Diseases * Respiratory Diseases * Kidney Diseases

Question 28

Modifiable Factors:

Answer 28

* Tobacco use * Unhealthy diet * Physical inactivity * Harmful use of alcohol

Question 29

Non-modifiable Factors:

Answer 29

* Age * Genetic predisposition * Gender