This document discusses health and illness. It defines health as a state of physical and mental well-being, while illness is the opposite and makes one feel tired with the body not working properly. Symptoms like coughs, pain or fever indicate the body is ill. Maintaining good health involves eating balanced meals, getting enough sleep, washing hands, and breathing fresh air. Illnesses can be contagious, caused by bacteria or viruses transmitted between people, or non-contagious due to injuries or poor diet. Bacteria and other microorganisms like viruses, fungi and amoebas can cause infectious illnesses.

1. Pablo García
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David Prieto

2. Health is a state of physical and mental well-being. When we are
healthy, we feel well.
Illness is the opposite of health, we feel tired and our bodies do not
work properly.
Symptoms
 Coughs
 Pain or fever
 Tell us that our bodies are ill.

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Eat five meals a day and always eat breakfast.
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Eat a balance diet.
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Sleep 8 or 9 hours every night.
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Wash our hands before meals.
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Breathe fresh air.

4. Non-contagoius illnesses have different couses. Injuries or poor diet
can make us ill.
Contagious illness are caused by armful bacteria or viruses. They can
be contagious or non-contagious. An illness is contagious when an
ill person transmits the illness to a healthy one.

5. Bacteria are unicellular micro-organisms.
There are two types of bacteria
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Beneficial bacteria.
Harmful bacteria.
Pathogenic bacteria can cause these illnesses.
 Bacteria meningitis
 Salmonellosis
 Bronchitis

6. There are other micro-organisms that can cause illnesses.
They can be unicelllular or multicellurar
Amoebae
Candida
Plasmodia
Fungi

7. A virus is not a micro-organism. It causes infectious illnesses.
It is not a living thing but it needs cells to carry out its life processes.
Viruses cause many illnesses such us flu, measles and AIDS.