bacterial diseases and preventing disease

Give some examples of bacterial diseases

Salmonella food poisoning

Gonorrhoea

What does salmonella food poisoning cause / symptoms and how do you get salmonella food poisoning

How’s it prevented

Can cause fever, stomach cramps , vomiting and diarrhoea these symptoms are caused by the toxins that th bacteria produce

You can get salmonella food poisoning by eating food that has been contaminated with salmonella bacteria

In uk most (chicken and turkeys ) given a vaccine against salmonella to control the spread of disease which stops it from being passed on to humans

What is gonorrhoea , how is it passes on what are the symptoms and whats it caused by

Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) they are passed on by sexual contact(having unprotected sex) .

G is caused by bacteria

Symptoms are thick yellow or green discharge from vagina or the penis

How is Gonorrhoea treated

Gonorrhoea was originally treated with an antibiotic called penicillin but this is become trickier because strains of bacteria have become resistant to it to prevent the spread of gonorrhoea. People can be treated with other antibiotics and should use barrier methods of contraception (condoms)

How can you reduce and prevent the spread of disease

Being hygienic - using simple methods of hygiene(washing hands thoroughly before preparing food )

Destroying vectors- some protist diseases are carried by vectors. These spread the disease to humans. By getting rid of these organisms that spread disease, you can prevent the disease from being passed on.

Isolating infected individuals- if you isolate someone who has a communicable disease, it prevents them from passing it onto anyone else

Vaccination - vaccinating people and animals against communicable diseases mean that they can’t develop the infection and then pass it on to someone else