Immunity And Disease

Question 1

What are pathogens

Answer 1

What are pathogens
Microorganisms that live on body of a host and causes disease

Question 2

Pathogens may be

Answer 2

Pathogens may be
Fungi
Bacteria
Virus
Protoctists

Question 3

Reasons why Tb is a fatal infectious disease

Answer 3

Poor disease control program
Resistance to antibiotics
Rapid increase in the population of young adults as they’re more liable to be infected

Question 4

Types of disease

Answer 4

Infectious
Non infectious

Question 5

What is Non infectious disease

Answer 5

Disease not transmitted from another individual

Question 6

Types of non infectious disease

Answer 6

Deficiency if nutrient (anemia)
Inherited disease (sickle cell anemia)
Degenerative (COPD, Alzheimer’s)
Cancer

Question 7

What is infectious disease

Answer 7

Diseases caused by pathogens and are transmissible that can be transferred from one person to another

Question 8

How infectious diseases are spread

Answer 8

Direct contact
Indirect contact

Question 9

Examples of direct contact

Answer 9

Touch (athletes foot)
Pathogens passing through placenta or breast feeding women to her fetus or baby (HIV)
Through contact if body fluids during sexual intercourse (HIV)

Question 10

Examples of indirect contact

Answer 10

Drops in air from infected person through coughing/sneezing (influenza)
Contaminated food (salmonella)
Vector (malaria, plaque)
Contaminated water (cholera)

Question 11

How to stop cholera

Answer 11

Sewage treatment
Avoid usage of contaminated human faeces as fertilizer
Use chlorinated water
Decrease no infected people using effective antibiotics and oral rehydration therapy

Question 12

How to stop malaria

Answer 12

Decrease number of mosquitoes by killing them
Avoid being bitten by mosquito using insect repellent and mosquito nets

Question 13

How to stop salmonella

Answer 13

Wash food by clean water before eating
Eat recently cooked food as it destroys bacteria
Cover food away from animals
Keep raw meat away from vegetables
Don’t keep food at warm temp for long time
Wash hands with antiseptics before touching food

Question 14

How to stop tuberculosis

Answer 14

Vaccination
Drink pasteurized milk
Less over crowding well ventilating
Balance and better diet to improve immunity

Question 15

Food safety

Answer 15

• Food hygiene
  ➢ Waste disposal
  ➢ Personal hygiene
  ➢ Sewage treat