Malaria is a very serious fatal disease. It is caused by the toxins produced in the human body by malarial parasite Plasmodium which is carried from the infected person to the healthy persons by the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito. Malaria results anaemia, enlargement of liver and spleen. TheRead more
Malaria is a very serious fatal disease. It is caused by the toxins produced in the human body by malarial parasite Plasmodium which is carried from the infected person to the healthy persons by the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito. Malaria results anaemia, enlargement of liver and spleen. The possible reason of falling sick of lady is that she has recently suffered from malaria and her body’s organ systems are still not functioning normally. Moreover, she is on four days fast which has made her body weak due to improper supply of food. So, she is more prone to infections. Above all, she is taking care of someone who is suffering from most fearful infectious viral disease, i.e., chicken pox, she has more chances of getting an infection due to above mentioned regions.
(a) An extremely young human child is called baby. Symptoms that help us to find that baby is sick, are (i) continuous crying and restlessness in the child. (ii) improper intake of food and body temperature; (iii) loose motions. (b) Baby is suffering from diarrhoea.
(a) An extremely young human child is called baby. Symptoms that help us to find that baby is sick, are
(i) continuous crying and restlessness in the child.
(ii) improper intake of food and body temperature;
(iii) loose motions.
(b) Baby is suffering from diarrhoea.
The three most common diseases in my neighborhood are: (i) Diarrhoea (ii) Cold and cough; (iii) Typhoid. Three steps that should be taken by local authorities are: (i) providing clean drinking water regularly. (ii) providing better sanitation, i.e., clean surroundings through regular disposal of garRead more
The three most common diseases in my neighborhood are:
(i) Diarrhoea
(ii) Cold and cough;
(iii) Typhoid.
Three steps that should be taken by local authorities are:
(i) providing clean drinking water regularly.
(ii) providing better sanitation, i.e., clean surroundings through regular disposal of garbage, and
(iii) arranging immunisation programmes from time to time against common infectious diseases.
A doctor/nurse/health-worker is exposed to more sick people in the community. He avoids getting sick by : (i) keeping place of work sterilised by using phenyl, etc. (ii) keeping equipments, that are regularly in use, sterilised. (iii) washing hands with soap thoroughly after serious examination of pRead more
A doctor/nurse/health-worker is exposed to more sick people in the community. He avoids getting sick by :
(i) keeping place of work sterilised by using phenyl, etc.
(ii) keeping equipments, that are regularly in use, sterilised.
(iii) washing hands with soap thoroughly after serious examination of patients.
(iv) wearing clean clothes.
Only once I fell ill in the last one year. I suffered from sore throat and cough. (i) I stopped drinking cold water immediately after taking food. (ii) Planting more trees, removing weeds and regular disposal of garbage.
Only once I fell ill in the last one year. I suffered from sore throat and cough.
(i) I stopped drinking cold water immediately after taking food.
(ii) Planting more trees, removing weeds and regular disposal of garbage.
At the nearest public health center in our locality, following childhood immunisation programmes are available: (l) for preventing polio; (ii) for preventing tetanus, diptiheria and whooping cough; (iii) for preventing tuberculosis; (iv) for preventing measles. Occasionally, children suffer from meaRead more
At the nearest public health center in our locality, following childhood immunisation programmes are
available:
(l) for preventing polio;
(ii) for preventing tetanus, diptiheria and whooping cough;
(iii) for preventing tuberculosis;
(iv) for preventing measles.
Occasionally, children suffer from measles in our area.
If one person has chicken pox once, there is no chance of suffering from it again. This happens because when the immune system first sees an infectious microbe, it responds against it and then remembers it specifically. So the next time that particular microbe, or its close relatives enter the body,Read more
If one person has chicken pox once, there is no chance of suffering from it again. This happens because when the immune system first sees an infectious microbe, it responds against it and then remembers it specifically. So the next time that particular microbe, or its close relatives enter the body, the immune system responds with even greater vigour. This eliminates the infection even more quickly than the first time around. This is the basis of the principle of immunization.
Following precautions can be taken in the school to reduce the incidence of infectious diseases: (i) providing clean drinking water. (ii) educating students about causes of infectious diseases such as cholera, hepatitis, flue, AIDS, etc. (iii) vaccination of students against common infectious diseasRead more
Following precautions can be taken in the school to reduce the incidence of infectious diseases:
(i) providing clean drinking water.
(ii) educating students about causes of infectious diseases such as cholera, hepatitis, flue, AIDS, etc.
(iii) vaccination of students against common infectious diseases from time to time.
(iv) proper sanitation or clean environment in school and its surroundings to eradicate vectors (e.g., mosquito) of infectious diseases, and
(v) by not allowing the affected students (e.g.,a student suffering from viral disease, called measles or chicken pox) to attend the classes till they recover from infectious diseases.
Infectious diseases are generally spread through air, through water, through sexual contact, through vectors (e.g., mosquito), through physical contact with affected person, through articles or formite borne (bedding, utensils, clothes, etc.) of use of affected person.
Infectious diseases are generally spread through air, through water, through sexual contact, through vectors (e.g., mosquito), through physical contact with affected person, through articles or formite borne (bedding, utensils, clothes, etc.) of use of affected person.
When we fall sick, one or more organ-systems do not function normally. As a result, we lose appetite and do not have proper digestion and absorption of food. Sickness makes us weak. Therefore, we are advised to take bland and nourishing food during sickness. Such a food is easily digested and replenRead more
When we fall sick, one or more organ-systems do not function normally. As a result, we lose appetite and do not have proper digestion and absorption of food. Sickness makes us weak. Therefore, we are advised to take bland and nourishing food during sickness. Such a food is easily digested and replenish our lost vitamins, minerals and other nutrients along with energy.
Under which of the following conditions is a person most likely to fall sick? (a) when she is recovering from malaria, (b) when she has recovered from malaria and is taking care of someone suffering from chicken pox. (c) when she is on a four-day fast after recovering from malaria and in taking care of someone suffering from chicken-pox. Why?
Malaria is a very serious fatal disease. It is caused by the toxins produced in the human body by malarial parasite Plasmodium which is carried from the infected person to the healthy persons by the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito. Malaria results anaemia, enlargement of liver and spleen. TheRead more
Malaria is a very serious fatal disease. It is caused by the toxins produced in the human body by malarial parasite Plasmodium which is carried from the infected person to the healthy persons by the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito. Malaria results anaemia, enlargement of liver and spleen. The possible reason of falling sick of lady is that she has recently suffered from malaria and her body’s organ systems are still not functioning normally. Moreover, she is on four days fast which has made her body weak due to improper supply of food. So, she is more prone to infections. Above all, she is taking care of someone who is suffering from most fearful infectious viral disease, i.e., chicken pox, she has more chances of getting an infection due to above mentioned regions.
See lessA baby is not able to tell her/his caretakers that she/he is sick. What would help us to find out (a) that baby is sick? (b) what is the sickness?
(a) An extremely young human child is called baby. Symptoms that help us to find that baby is sick, are (i) continuous crying and restlessness in the child. (ii) improper intake of food and body temperature; (iii) loose motions. (b) Baby is suffering from diarrhoea.
(a) An extremely young human child is called baby. Symptoms that help us to find that baby is sick, are
See less(i) continuous crying and restlessness in the child.
(ii) improper intake of food and body temperature;
(iii) loose motions.
(b) Baby is suffering from diarrhoea.
Conduct a survey in your neighbourhood to find out what the three most common diseases are. Suggest three steps that could be taken by your local authorities to bring down the incidence of these diseases.
The three most common diseases in my neighborhood are: (i) Diarrhoea (ii) Cold and cough; (iii) Typhoid. Three steps that should be taken by local authorities are: (i) providing clean drinking water regularly. (ii) providing better sanitation, i.e., clean surroundings through regular disposal of garRead more
The three most common diseases in my neighborhood are:
See less(i) Diarrhoea
(ii) Cold and cough;
(iii) Typhoid.
Three steps that should be taken by local authorities are:
(i) providing clean drinking water regularly.
(ii) providing better sanitation, i.e., clean surroundings through regular disposal of garbage, and
(iii) arranging immunisation programmes from time to time against common infectious diseases.
A doctor/nurse/health-worker is exposed to more sick people then others in the community. Find out how she/he avoids getting sick herself/himself.
A doctor/nurse/health-worker is exposed to more sick people in the community. He avoids getting sick by : (i) keeping place of work sterilised by using phenyl, etc. (ii) keeping equipments, that are regularly in use, sterilised. (iii) washing hands with soap thoroughly after serious examination of pRead more
A doctor/nurse/health-worker is exposed to more sick people in the community. He avoids getting sick by :
See less(i) keeping place of work sterilised by using phenyl, etc.
(ii) keeping equipments, that are regularly in use, sterilised.
(iii) washing hands with soap thoroughly after serious examination of patients.
(iv) wearing clean clothes.
How many times did you fall ill in the last year? What are the illness? (a) Think of any change you could make in your habits in order to avoid any of most of the above illnesses. (b) Think of any change you would wish for in your surrounding in order to avoid any of/most of the above illnesses.
Only once I fell ill in the last one year. I suffered from sore throat and cough. (i) I stopped drinking cold water immediately after taking food. (ii) Planting more trees, removing weeds and regular disposal of garbage.
Only once I fell ill in the last one year. I suffered from sore throat and cough.
See less(i) I stopped drinking cold water immediately after taking food.
(ii) Planting more trees, removing weeds and regular disposal of garbage.
What are the immunization programmes available at the nearest health center in your locality? Which of these diseases are the major health problems in your area?
At the nearest public health center in our locality, following childhood immunisation programmes are available: (l) for preventing polio; (ii) for preventing tetanus, diptiheria and whooping cough; (iii) for preventing tuberculosis; (iv) for preventing measles. Occasionally, children suffer from meaRead more
At the nearest public health center in our locality, following childhood immunisation programmes are
See lessavailable:
(l) for preventing polio;
(ii) for preventing tetanus, diptiheria and whooping cough;
(iii) for preventing tuberculosis;
(iv) for preventing measles.
Occasionally, children suffer from measles in our area.
What is immunisation?
If one person has chicken pox once, there is no chance of suffering from it again. This happens because when the immune system first sees an infectious microbe, it responds against it and then remembers it specifically. So the next time that particular microbe, or its close relatives enter the body,Read more
If one person has chicken pox once, there is no chance of suffering from it again. This happens because when the immune system first sees an infectious microbe, it responds against it and then remembers it specifically. So the next time that particular microbe, or its close relatives enter the body, the immune system responds with even greater vigour. This eliminates the infection even more quickly than the first time around. This is the basis of the principle of immunization.
See lessWhat precautions can you take in your school to reduce the incidence of infectious diseases?
Following precautions can be taken in the school to reduce the incidence of infectious diseases: (i) providing clean drinking water. (ii) educating students about causes of infectious diseases such as cholera, hepatitis, flue, AIDS, etc. (iii) vaccination of students against common infectious diseasRead more
Following precautions can be taken in the school to reduce the incidence of infectious diseases:
See less(i) providing clean drinking water.
(ii) educating students about causes of infectious diseases such as cholera, hepatitis, flue, AIDS, etc.
(iii) vaccination of students against common infectious diseases from time to time.
(iv) proper sanitation or clean environment in school and its surroundings to eradicate vectors (e.g., mosquito) of infectious diseases, and
(v) by not allowing the affected students (e.g.,a student suffering from viral disease, called measles or chicken pox) to attend the classes till they recover from infectious diseases.
What are the different means by which infectious diseases are spread?
Infectious diseases are generally spread through air, through water, through sexual contact, through vectors (e.g., mosquito), through physical contact with affected person, through articles or formite borne (bedding, utensils, clothes, etc.) of use of affected person.
Infectious diseases are generally spread through air, through water, through sexual contact, through vectors (e.g., mosquito), through physical contact with affected person, through articles or formite borne (bedding, utensils, clothes, etc.) of use of affected person.
See lessWhy we are normally advised to take bland and nourishing food when we are sick?
When we fall sick, one or more organ-systems do not function normally. As a result, we lose appetite and do not have proper digestion and absorption of food. Sickness makes us weak. Therefore, we are advised to take bland and nourishing food during sickness. Such a food is easily digested and replenRead more
When we fall sick, one or more organ-systems do not function normally. As a result, we lose appetite and do not have proper digestion and absorption of food. Sickness makes us weak. Therefore, we are advised to take bland and nourishing food during sickness. Such a food is easily digested and replenish our lost vitamins, minerals and other nutrients along with energy.
See less