When we talk about illness the first thing came to our mind is bad health. Now what is Health? .... Health is a state of physical, mental and social well being. The main reason of falling ill is Disease. Change in body functioning indicates that there maybe any disease
Types Of Diseases
Mainly, there are two types of diseases namely : acute disease and chronic diseases
- Acute Diseases: Diseases which last for very short time period such as cold, cough, fever etc., are known as acute diseases.
- Chronic Diseases: Diseases which last for long time period, even lifetime sometimes such as cancer, AIDS etc., are known as chronic diseases
Spread Of Diseases
Disease are communicable, this means they spread from person to person or in other ways through different mediums.
- Air borne diseases: These diseases spread through the air. For example: common cold, pneumonia etc. They enter from air via nose, and then go to lungs.
- Water borne diseases: These diseases spread through water. For example: cholera (caused due to drinking of contaminated water). They enter through mouth and can stay in the gut lining.
- Sexual act: These diseases are spread through sexual act and physically intimacy. For example: AIDS, Syphills etc. They enter through reproductive parts, will spread to lymph nodes all over the body.
- Through Vectors: Vectors are the intermediate animals through which infection spread from a infected person to a healthy person. Mosquitoes are commonest vectors. In case of malaria, Enters mosquito bite and go to the liver.
- Viruses: These diseases are caused due to viruses and are also known as viral diseases. Ex: common cold, influenza etc
- Bacteria: These diseases are caused due to bacteria and are also known as bacterial disease. Ex: typhoid, cholera etc.
- Fungi: These diseases are caused due to fungi and are also known as fungal disease. Ex: skin infections.
- Protozoan: These diseases are caused due to protozoan microbes. Ex: malaria, kala-azar.
- Worms: These diseases are caused die to worms. Ex: intestinal worm infections.
Treatment of any disease can be done in two ways mainly:
- Treating the symptoms of the disease. This is temporary treatment
- Killing the bacteria, virus which causes the disease. This maybe a permanent treatment.
- Avoid overcrowded areas.
- Drink clean and safe water
- Avoid dirty and unhygienic environment
- Take proper and sufficient food.
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