Diseases

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Diseases

• Bacteria and Viruses

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Cholera

• Bacteria
• Causes loss of fluids which includes dehydration
  and shock
• Some die due to the dehydration.
• Gotten through eating contaminated meat with the
  bacteria Vibrio choleri

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Conjunctivitis

• Bacteria
• Common name Pink Eye
• Causes inflammation of the eye lids, discomfort,
  redness and puss
• Highly contagious
• Caught by the bacteria being on your hands and
  then rubbing your eyes

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Flesh Eating Bacteria

• Bacteria
• Variety of Strep Bacteria
• Deteriorates flesh at the rate of 1 inch per hour
  
• Kills quickly if not treated

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Legionnaires Disease

• Bacteria
• Grows in stagnant water
• 10,000 people a year are infected through their
  hot tubs, hot water heaters, and other sources
• Symptoms are headaches, fatigue, weight loss,
  fever and pneumonia

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Leprosy

• Bacteria
• Chronic bacterial disease of the skin and nerves
  of the hands and feet and in some cases the
  lining of the nose
• Symptoms are a deforming of the body and eventual
  death from the disease
• Treatment is with multiple drugs for six months
  to two years

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Lymes Disease

• Bacteria
• Central Nervous System disease
• Enters body through bite by deer tick
• Symptoms are red bullseye rash, muscle aches
  joint aches and fatigue

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Mad Cow Disease

• Bacteria
• Found in the brains of some cows
• Causes encephalitis and parts of the brain
  deteriorate

Human Brain alteration from disease
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Tetanus

• Bacteria
• Lives in soil and enters through a wound
• Symptoms include lock jaw which is when you can
  no longer open or close your mouth

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Typhoid Fever

• Bacteria
• Transferred by poor hygiene
• Food and water contaminated by urine and feces of
  infected people
• Symptoms are headache, fever, nausea, sever loss
  of appetite, constipation and diarrhea
• Famous person to spread it was Typhoid Mary in a
  hospital

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E. Coli

• Bacteria
• Lives in the intestines of healthy humans and
  animals
• Get it from contaminated meat and other food
• Symptoms include bloody diarrhea and cramps
• Food poisoning

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HIV/AIDS

• Virus
• Attacks the immune system
• Prevents your immune system from fighting other
  infections already present

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Ebola

• Virus
• Found in the Congo
• Causes serious internal and external bleeding
• No cure or prevention is known
• Usually very acute and you either fight it of
  naturally or die

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Herpes

• Virus
• 8 types in humans
• Breaks out when the persons immune system is
  under stress
• Never fatal

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Influenza

• Virus
• Common name the Flu
• Thousands of variations and can reinfect people
  each time
• Runny nose, coughing, sneezing, fever, tired,
  sore joints
• Can get the flu shot for the current years strains

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Chicken Pox

• Virus
• Causes a blister-like rash on the surface of the
  skin and mucous membranes
• Some have a fever, abdominal pain or a vague sick
  feeling

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Small Pox

• Virus
• Highly contagious sometimes fatal
• No treatment
• Prevention in the form of a vaccine
• Eradicated from the planet, but now there is a
  fear of its use as a bioterrorism weapon

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Hepatitis

• Virus
• 3 types A, B, C
• B and C are very bad and damage the liver when
  your liver shuts down you die
• Both A and B have vaccines, but not C