Human health and diseases (part 1 )

1. Define health

2. What are the factors that affect human health?

1. It is defined as the State of complete physical, mental and social well-being .

2. The factors that affect the human health are genetic disorders, infections and lifestyles (i.e personal hygiene, balanced diet and regular exercise )

What is diseases?how many types of diseases are there ?

What are common infectious diseases?

a.Bacterial diseases

1.typoid - bac.salmonella typi.

Sym.-High fever(39-40C),weakness, stomach pain, constipation,headache and loss of appetite .

(Widal test - mary mallon case ).

2.Pneumonia - Dis.Strptococcus pneumoniae and haemophilus influenzae

Sym.- fever,chills,cough, headache,increased pules and respiratory rates etc.

b. Virus diseases

Ex - polio, dengue ,chikungunya, mumps and measles

C.Protozoan diseases

1.Amoebaiasis

2.kala azar

3.malaria

D.Fungal disease

E . Helminthic disease

1.ascariasis

2.filariasis/elephantiasis

Give some common preventive measures