DISEASE

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DISEASE

• An illness or condition that prevents the body
  from functioning normally

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What are some disease causing agents?

• Bacteria Living microscopic organisms that may
  cause disease.
• Virus Microscopic organisms that cause disease.
  (Not living organisms.)
• Fungi Organisms that get their nutrients from
  other living or dead things.
• Protozoa Single celled microscopic organisms.

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COMMUNICABLE DISEASE

• A disease that can be spread from one person (or
  animal) to another, such as a cold, strep throat,
  or the flu.

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CONTRACT

• To get or to become affected/infected with.

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NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASE

• A disease that can NOT be spread from one person
  (or animal) to another, such as allergies,
  diabetes, or heart disease. You may even be born
  with it.

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How are diseases transmitted?

• Through the air
• By touch
• On food
• In body fluids

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VACCINES

• Weakened or killed germs or viruses put into the
  body so that the body builds immunity to a disease

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EPIDEMIC

• A sudden outbreak, rapid spread, growth, or
  development of disease.

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IMMUNE SYSTEM

• DEFENDS THE BODY AGAINST DISEASE
• Blood contains red blood cells and white blood
  cells

Big white blood cells defend the body by
attacking and killing germs and viruses
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SAFE BEHAVIORS THAT DO NOT PROMOTE TRANSMISSION
OF HIV
USING DRINKING FOUNTAINS
SWIMMING
HOLDING HANDS
HUGGING
REGULAR PLAYING BEHAVIORS
USING A TOILET
PLAYING OUTDOORS
CASUAL CONTACT