Diseases caused by microorganisms in Human beings
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DISEASECAUSED BY MICROORGANISMS IN HUMANS
DISEASE•DOES NOT ALLOW THE BODY TO FUNCTION NORMALLY•CAN AFFECT INDIVIDUAL ORGANS OR AN ENTIRE BODY SYSTEM•DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS –INFECTIOUS AND NON-INFECTIOUS
INFECTIOUS DISEASE•A DISEASE THAT CAN BE PASSED FROM ORGANISM TO ORGANISM• CAUSED BY TINY ORGANISMS CALLED PATHOGENS
4 KINDS OF PATHOGENS
•BACTERIA•VIRUSES•FUNGI•PROTIST
PATHOGENS CAN COME FROM•ANOTHER PERSON
•CONTAMINATED OBJECTS
•ANIMAL BITE
IMMUNE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR•DISTINGUISHING (TELLING THE DIFFERENCE) BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF PATHOGENS•REACTING TO EACH KIND ACCORDING TO ITS TYPE
WHEN A PATHOGEN ENTERS THE BODY•IT WORKS BY DAMAGING INDIVIDUAL CELLS WITHIN THE ORGANS•IN SOME CASES IT ATTACKS AN ENTIRE BODY SYSTEM
SOME INFECTIOUS DISEASES YOU SHOULD
KNOW•COLDS•FLU•STREP THROAT•ATHLETE’S FOOT•AIDS
COLD•ILLNESS CAUSED BY A VIRAL INFECTION LOCATED IN THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM•THE COLD VIRUS MULTIPLIES AND ATTACKS THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES OF THE NOSE AND THROAT CAUSING THE COMMON EFFECTS OF THE COLD (SORE THROAT, RUNNY NOSE, FEVER…)•COLD CAN NOT BE TREATED WITH AN ANTIBIOTIC BECAUSE IT IS CAUSED BY A VIRUS
FLU•INFLUENZA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS “THE FLU”, IS A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS VIRAL DISEASE OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM•TYPICALLY CAUSES FEVER, MUSCLE ACHES, AND A MORE SEVERE COUGH THAN THE COMMON COLD AND USUALLY LASTS LONGER
ATHLETE’S FOOT•COMMON FUNGAL INFECTION OF THE SKIN OF THE FEET•MAY BE CONTRACTED FROM PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTS •GROWS IN THE WARM AND MOIST ENVIRONMENT USUALLY BETWEEN THE TOES•DIFFICULT TO CURE
AIDS•ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS)•CAUSED BY THE HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV)•THE VIRUS ATTACKS THE CELLS IN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM MAKING THE ORGANISM UNABLE TO FIGHT OFF OTHER PATHOGENS THAT MAY ATTACK THE BODY
STREP THROAT•CONTAGIOUS DISEASE CAUSED BY BACTERIAL INFECTION•SYMPTOMS INCLUDE FEVER, PAIN, REDNESS AND SWELLING OF THE THROAT AND TONSILS•MAY PRODUCE MILD OR SEVERE SYMPTOMS
ASTHMA•AFFECTS THE LUNGS AND THE AIRWAYS THAT DELIVER AIR TO THE LUNGS•CAUSES PERIODIC ATTACKS OF WHEEZING AND DIFFICULTY BREATHING