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Communicable/Infectious Disease Infectious or Communicable Disease caused by pathogens that can be spread from one living thing to another Key Words Susceptible – at high risk for a disease Acute – an illness that develops having a short duration Chronic – an illness that develops and lasts over a long period of time Contagious – having the ability to be transmitted Key Words cont’d Relapsing – a recurrence of symptoms of a disease after a period of improvement Pathogens – microbes which can cause an infectious disease • Types: bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, worms Bacteria Microscopic, single celled organisms that can cause disease Three Shapes: Coccus – round Bacillus – rod shaped Spirillum – spiral or twisted Ideal conditions – warm, dark, and moist Can live and multiply easily outside the body Examples: Tetanus, Tuberculosis, Lyme Disease, Strep Throat, Syphilis, and Gonorrhea Viruses Bits of genetic material that can only be seen by an electron microscope and take over body cells Can only live outside the body for a short time but must multiply inside the body Examples: Rabies, Polio, Common Cold, Hepatitis, Mumps, Mononucleosis, Small Pox, Chicken Pox, Shingles, and Warts Fungi Simple organisms that cannot make their own food Examples: Ringworm, Athlete's Foot Protozoan Single-celled organisms that are larger and have more complex cellular structure than bacteria; most are harmless Examples: Malaria, African Sleeping Sickness Worms Flatworm and roundworm, while not microorganisms are regarded as pathogens and cause disease in the human body • Flatworms – flukes and tapeworms which • infect the intestines Roundworms – trichinosis • Infects intestines, muscles, and fluids under the skin • Pinworms – infects rectum Methods of Transmission Direct Contact Indirect Contact Animals/ Insects Defense Against Infection First line of defense – Structural 1. Skin 2. Mucous membranes in the mouth, nose and 3. 4. 5. bronchial tubes Cilia Digestive juices of stomach (acid) Tears Second Line – Cellular Defense White blood cells • Phagocytes – types of white blood cells that eat up invaders Lymph nodes – gland like structures that serve as filters to screen out bacteria Immunity – last line of defense T-Cells – Lymphocytes that recognize invaders and activate the “B” cells. B-Cells – responsible for producing antibodies that destroy invading germs. Each antibody only good against a specific pathogen Inborn Immunity – temporary immunity that an infant acquired from antibodies of the mother. Acquired Immunity – the immunity the body develops Vaccines – disease prevention drugs that cause the body to develop antibodies to fight diseasecausing germs, thus making the body immune to a disease Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) A transmissible virus that attacks T-cells of the immune system and causes immune deficiency. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Under 200 T-cells per micro liter of blood A fatal, viral disease of the immune system that creates a severe immune deficiency and that leaves people defenseless against infections and cancer Ways of Transmission Contact with infected blood*****, semen****, or vaginal secretions*** Injection of infected blood or blood products. Vertical transmission (from infected mother to baby)/breast milk** High Risk Behaviors Anal intercourse Injecting needles with multiple users Vaginal intercourse Other Risky Behaviors Oral sex or other foreplay Receiving blood (not probable today) Early Signs of HIV Tiredness and Fatigue Skin rashes Night sweats Loss of weight Constant Diarrhea Sore Throat and Fever Prevention of HIV and Other STIs 1. 2. 3. Abstinence – Do not have sex Mutual Monogamous relationship – one partner (and using condom) Latex Condoms with lubrication Testing for HIV Elis Test – tests for antibodies Western Blot – test used to confirm Elisa results • If negative, retest in 6 months • If positive another Elisa is done Chlamydia p.499 Chlamydia trachomais bacterium Painful urination/discharge/ no symptoms Complications include- PID/sterility (vas deferens &fallopian tubes) Syphilis p.500 Spirochete bacterium enters and causes chancre- painless, open sore Chancre, rash, death Gonorrhea p.501 Bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae Discharge/burning sensation/no symptoms Sterility/PID Herpes p.502 Herpes simplex virus Cold sores/fever blisters Entire genital region – can spread with condom HPV p.502 Human Papilloma Virus Genital warts/no symptoms Flesh colored or white and resemble a cauliflower Entire genital region Can cause cervical cancer Viral Hepatitis p.503 Several viruses No symptoms/flu like/jaundice Liver failure/death Pediculosis p.503 Pubic lice Itching Must use either OTC or prescription medicine Trichomoniasis p.503 Similar symptoms to gonorrhea/chlamydia