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Introduction
Why Do We Fall ILL???
S o me d i s e a s e s a r e c a u s e d      b y
b a c t e r i a a n d s o me , s u c h a      s
A I D S a n d t h e c o mmo n c o l d ,
a r e c a u s e d b y v i r u s e s .
N o r ma l l y , o u r i mmu n e s y s t      e m
p r o t e c t s u s a g a i n s t
d i s e a s e s . B u t s o me t i me s o     u r
b o d y – b e c a u s e o f t o o l i t t     l e
s l e e p o r a l o t o f s t r e s s -
b e c o me s s o w e a k t h a t t h e
i mmu n e s y s t e m d o e s n o t w o       r k
p r o p e r l y a n d w e s u c c u mb t      o
d i s e a s e s . L u c k i l y , we c a n
g e t o u r s e l v e s v a c c i n a t e d
next
Types Of Diseases
Infectious Disease : Diseases where microbes are the
immediate cause.
Contagious diseases : A subset of infectious diseases.
Communicable diseases : Diseases which spread
through an infected person to a healthy person through
air, water, contaminated food and pathogens .
Airborne diseases : A disease that spread from air .
Non-communicable diseases :It is a medical condition
or disease which by definition is non-infectious and non-
transmissible between persons.
Lifestyle diseases : Diseases that appear to increase in
frequency as countries become more industrialized and
people live longer.
                                         Other contents
CAUSES OF DISEASES


 ╬ Let us look at an example. If there is a baby suffering from
   loose motions ,we can say that the cause of loose motions is
   an infection with a virus. So the immediate cause of the
   disease is a VIRUS .
 ╬ Virus could have been come through unclean drinking water.
   But in some cases one baby develops loose motions while
   the other baby does not ? The reason could be that the baby
   is not HEALTHY .As a result, it might be more likely to have
   diseases when exposed to risk, whereas healthier babies
   would not.
╬ Genetic Difference :It is also possible that the baby has some
   genetic difference that makes it more likely to suffer from loose
   motions when exposed to such a virus . Without the virus , the
   genetic difference or the poor nourishment alone would not lead
   to loose motions .But they do become contributory causes of the
   diseases.




  ╬ Lack of Good Nourishment: The baby is not healthy because it
    is not well nourished and does not get enough food . So, this is
    the another cause .                             Other contents
CURE :
A cure is the end of a medical condition or a
treatment that is very likely to end it,
while remission refers to the disappearance, possibly
temporarily, of symptoms. Complete remission is the
best possible outcome for incurable diseases.
PREVENTION :
Many diseases and disorders can be prevented
through a variety of means. These include
sanitation, proper nutrition,
adequate exercise, vaccinations, and other self-
care and public health measures.
Treatment
Medical therapies or treatments are efforts to      Fact file
cure or improve a disease or other health
problem. In the medical field, therapy is
synonymous with the word treatment.
Treatments may be provided by an
organized health care system, or informally,
by the patient or family members.
A prevention or preventive therapy is a way to
avoid an injury, sickness, or disease in the
first place. A treatment or cure is applied after
a medical problem has already started. A
treatment attempts to improve or remove a
problem, but treatments may not produce
permanent cures, especially in chronic
diseases.
How can we prevent Diseases?
 There are two ways, one general and one specific to each diseases . The general
 ways of preventing infections mostly relate to preventing exposure.


How can we prevent exposure to infectious
microbes?
 For airborne microbes , we can prevent exposure by providing living conditions
  that are not overcrowded .
 For waterborne microbes, we can prevent exposure by providing safe drinking
  water . This can be done by treating the water to kill any microbial contamination
  .
 For vector-borne infections , we can provide clean environments . This would not
  , for example, allow mosquito breeding . In other words , public hygiene is one
  basic key to the prevention of infectious diseases .



      Next
Treatment
 Once someone has a disease, their
 body functions are damaged and may
 never recover completely.
Treatment will take time, which means
 that someone suffering from a disease
 is likely to be bedridden for sometime if
 we can give proper treatment.
The person suffering from an infectious
 disease can serve as a source from
 where the infection may spread to
 other people. This leads to the
 multiplication of the above difficulties.
 It is because of such reasons that
 prevention of diseases is better than       Other contents
 their cure.
Viruses cannot exist on their own and for survival they
  need to spread to another host. This is because the
  original host may either die or eliminate the infection.
  Some important routes of viral transfer include:

Route                              Examples
Skin contact                       HPV(warts)
Respiratory                        ColdVirus , Influenza,measles,m-
                                   umps,rubella
Faecal-oral                        Polio, echo, Coxackie, HepatitisA
Milk                               HIV,HTLV1,CMV
Transplacental                     Rubella ,CMV,HIV
Sexually                           Herpes1 &2,HIV,HPV,Hepatitis B
Insect Vector                      Yellow fever, Dengue fever
Animla Bite                        Rabbies
next
Treatment Of Viral Infections

Several antiviral drugs that are used to treat viral infections
have been developed over the past two decades. Many of
these are focussed against HIV. These do not cure HIV
infection but stop the virus from multiplying and prevent
the progress of the disease. Another notable antiviral drug
is Ribavarin against hepatitis A
     Viruses in general are notoriously difficult drug targets
as they modify and adapt themselves rapidly to build up a
resistance against the drug. Case in point is Oseltamivir
(trade name - Tamiflu) used in influenza.
Ebola- threw blood

 Measles- threw air

Chicken pox- threw air

         Polio

     Yellow fever

        Rabies


     Blackdeath

        AIDS


 Influenza- Threw air    Other contents
Bacterial Diseases:
1) Tetanus==by bacterium Colstirdium tetani
2) Typorid fever==bacterium salmonella
3) Cholera==caused by vibrio cholerae
4) Plague caused by Yesenia pests
5) Syphilis== bacterium Treponema pallida
6) Gonorrhea triggered by Neisseria
7) Tuberculosis==Koch bacteria
8)Legionnaire's disease by Legionella
9) Pneumonia==bacteria
10)Anthrax==bacteria
What Are Bacterial Diseases?
Bacterial diseases include any type of illness caused
by bacteria. Bacteria are a type of microorganism,
which are tiny forms of life that can only be seen with
a microscope. Other types of microorganisms include
viruses, some fungi, and some parasites.
Millions of bacteria normally live on the skin, in the
intestines, and on the genitalia. The vast majority of
bacteria do not cause disease, and many bacteria are
actually helpful and even necessary for good health.
These bacteria are sometimes referred to as “good
bacteria” or “healthy bacteria.”
next
What are the
   symptoms of bacterial
   diseases?

Symptoms of bacterial diseases vary depending on the
type of bacterial infection, the area of the body that is
infected, and other factors, such as the patient’s age
and health history. The symptoms of bacterial diseases
can also resemble symptoms of other diseases, such as
colitis, influenza, and viral infections. The classic
symptom of a bacterial infection is a Fever, although not
all people with a bacterial infection will have a fever.
What causes bacterial
diseases?

          Bacterial diseases are caused by harmful
          bacteria (pathogenic bacteria). The vast
          majority of bacteria do not cause disease, and
          many bacteria are actually helpful and even
          necessary for good health. Bacterial diseases
          occur when pathogenic bacteria get into an
          area of the body that is normally sterile, such
          as the bladder, or when they crowd out the
          helpful bacteria in places such as the
          intestines, vagina or mouth. Less common,
          bacterial infections can occur when healthy
          bacteria multiply uncontrollably.
FACT FILE
                              YPLL measurements do not
There are several
                              account for how disabled a
measures used to quantify
                              person is before dying, so the
the burden imposed by         measurement treats a
diseases on people.           person who dies suddenly
The years of potential life   and a person who died at the
lost (YPLL) is a simple       same age after decades of
estimate of the number of     illness as equivalent. In
years that a person's life    2004, the World Health
was shortened due to a        Organisation calculated that
disease. For example, if a    932 million years of potential
person dies at the age of     life were lost to premature
65 from a disease, and        death.
would probably have lived
until age 80 without that      In 2004, the World Health
disease, then that disease    Organization calculated that
has caused a loss of 15       1.5 billion disability-adjusted
years of potential life.      life years were lost to disease
                              and injury.

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Why Do We Fall ILL?

  • 3. Why Do We Fall ILL??? S o me d i s e a s e s a r e c a u s e d b y b a c t e r i a a n d s o me , s u c h a s A I D S a n d t h e c o mmo n c o l d , a r e c a u s e d b y v i r u s e s . N o r ma l l y , o u r i mmu n e s y s t e m p r o t e c t s u s a g a i n s t d i s e a s e s . B u t s o me t i me s o u r b o d y – b e c a u s e o f t o o l i t t l e s l e e p o r a l o t o f s t r e s s - b e c o me s s o w e a k t h a t t h e i mmu n e s y s t e m d o e s n o t w o r k p r o p e r l y a n d w e s u c c u mb t o d i s e a s e s . L u c k i l y , we c a n g e t o u r s e l v e s v a c c i n a t e d
  • 5. Types Of Diseases Infectious Disease : Diseases where microbes are the immediate cause. Contagious diseases : A subset of infectious diseases. Communicable diseases : Diseases which spread through an infected person to a healthy person through air, water, contaminated food and pathogens . Airborne diseases : A disease that spread from air . Non-communicable diseases :It is a medical condition or disease which by definition is non-infectious and non- transmissible between persons. Lifestyle diseases : Diseases that appear to increase in frequency as countries become more industrialized and people live longer. Other contents
  • 6. CAUSES OF DISEASES ╬ Let us look at an example. If there is a baby suffering from loose motions ,we can say that the cause of loose motions is an infection with a virus. So the immediate cause of the disease is a VIRUS . ╬ Virus could have been come through unclean drinking water. But in some cases one baby develops loose motions while the other baby does not ? The reason could be that the baby is not HEALTHY .As a result, it might be more likely to have diseases when exposed to risk, whereas healthier babies would not.
  • 7. ╬ Genetic Difference :It is also possible that the baby has some genetic difference that makes it more likely to suffer from loose motions when exposed to such a virus . Without the virus , the genetic difference or the poor nourishment alone would not lead to loose motions .But they do become contributory causes of the diseases. ╬ Lack of Good Nourishment: The baby is not healthy because it is not well nourished and does not get enough food . So, this is the another cause . Other contents
  • 8. CURE : A cure is the end of a medical condition or a treatment that is very likely to end it, while remission refers to the disappearance, possibly temporarily, of symptoms. Complete remission is the best possible outcome for incurable diseases. PREVENTION : Many diseases and disorders can be prevented through a variety of means. These include sanitation, proper nutrition, adequate exercise, vaccinations, and other self- care and public health measures.
  • 9. Treatment Medical therapies or treatments are efforts to Fact file cure or improve a disease or other health problem. In the medical field, therapy is synonymous with the word treatment. Treatments may be provided by an organized health care system, or informally, by the patient or family members. A prevention or preventive therapy is a way to avoid an injury, sickness, or disease in the first place. A treatment or cure is applied after a medical problem has already started. A treatment attempts to improve or remove a problem, but treatments may not produce permanent cures, especially in chronic diseases.
  • 10. How can we prevent Diseases? There are two ways, one general and one specific to each diseases . The general ways of preventing infections mostly relate to preventing exposure. How can we prevent exposure to infectious microbes?  For airborne microbes , we can prevent exposure by providing living conditions that are not overcrowded .  For waterborne microbes, we can prevent exposure by providing safe drinking water . This can be done by treating the water to kill any microbial contamination .  For vector-borne infections , we can provide clean environments . This would not , for example, allow mosquito breeding . In other words , public hygiene is one basic key to the prevention of infectious diseases . Next
  • 11. Treatment  Once someone has a disease, their body functions are damaged and may never recover completely. Treatment will take time, which means that someone suffering from a disease is likely to be bedridden for sometime if we can give proper treatment. The person suffering from an infectious disease can serve as a source from where the infection may spread to other people. This leads to the multiplication of the above difficulties. It is because of such reasons that prevention of diseases is better than Other contents their cure.
  • 12. Viruses cannot exist on their own and for survival they need to spread to another host. This is because the original host may either die or eliminate the infection. Some important routes of viral transfer include: Route Examples Skin contact HPV(warts) Respiratory ColdVirus , Influenza,measles,m- umps,rubella Faecal-oral Polio, echo, Coxackie, HepatitisA Milk HIV,HTLV1,CMV Transplacental Rubella ,CMV,HIV Sexually Herpes1 &2,HIV,HPV,Hepatitis B Insect Vector Yellow fever, Dengue fever Animla Bite Rabbies
  • 13. next
  • 14. Treatment Of Viral Infections Several antiviral drugs that are used to treat viral infections have been developed over the past two decades. Many of these are focussed against HIV. These do not cure HIV infection but stop the virus from multiplying and prevent the progress of the disease. Another notable antiviral drug is Ribavarin against hepatitis A Viruses in general are notoriously difficult drug targets as they modify and adapt themselves rapidly to build up a resistance against the drug. Case in point is Oseltamivir (trade name - Tamiflu) used in influenza.
  • 15. Ebola- threw blood Measles- threw air Chicken pox- threw air Polio Yellow fever Rabies Blackdeath AIDS Influenza- Threw air Other contents
  • 16. Bacterial Diseases: 1) Tetanus==by bacterium Colstirdium tetani 2) Typorid fever==bacterium salmonella 3) Cholera==caused by vibrio cholerae 4) Plague caused by Yesenia pests 5) Syphilis== bacterium Treponema pallida 6) Gonorrhea triggered by Neisseria 7) Tuberculosis==Koch bacteria 8)Legionnaire's disease by Legionella 9) Pneumonia==bacteria 10)Anthrax==bacteria
  • 17. What Are Bacterial Diseases? Bacterial diseases include any type of illness caused by bacteria. Bacteria are a type of microorganism, which are tiny forms of life that can only be seen with a microscope. Other types of microorganisms include viruses, some fungi, and some parasites. Millions of bacteria normally live on the skin, in the intestines, and on the genitalia. The vast majority of bacteria do not cause disease, and many bacteria are actually helpful and even necessary for good health. These bacteria are sometimes referred to as “good bacteria” or “healthy bacteria.”
  • 18. next
  • 19. What are the symptoms of bacterial diseases? Symptoms of bacterial diseases vary depending on the type of bacterial infection, the area of the body that is infected, and other factors, such as the patient’s age and health history. The symptoms of bacterial diseases can also resemble symptoms of other diseases, such as colitis, influenza, and viral infections. The classic symptom of a bacterial infection is a Fever, although not all people with a bacterial infection will have a fever.
  • 20. What causes bacterial diseases? Bacterial diseases are caused by harmful bacteria (pathogenic bacteria). The vast majority of bacteria do not cause disease, and many bacteria are actually helpful and even necessary for good health. Bacterial diseases occur when pathogenic bacteria get into an area of the body that is normally sterile, such as the bladder, or when they crowd out the helpful bacteria in places such as the intestines, vagina or mouth. Less common, bacterial infections can occur when healthy bacteria multiply uncontrollably.
  • 21. FACT FILE YPLL measurements do not There are several account for how disabled a measures used to quantify person is before dying, so the the burden imposed by measurement treats a diseases on people. person who dies suddenly The years of potential life and a person who died at the lost (YPLL) is a simple same age after decades of estimate of the number of illness as equivalent. In years that a person's life 2004, the World Health was shortened due to a Organisation calculated that disease. For example, if a 932 million years of potential person dies at the age of life were lost to premature 65 from a disease, and death. would probably have lived until age 80 without that In 2004, the World Health disease, then that disease Organization calculated that has caused a loss of 15 1.5 billion disability-adjusted years of potential life. life years were lost to disease and injury. Close