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Disease caused by microorganisms that enter, live in, and multiply within the body?
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Communicable Diseases
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Microorganisms that cause disease?
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Pathogens
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5 Types of Pathogens
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1. Bacteria 5. other
2. Virus 3. Fungi 4. Protozoans |
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Single Celled microorganism that life in air, soil, water and food on bodies of plans and animals
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BACTERIA
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Bacteria can damage the body by...
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giving off toxins as they multiply
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Smallest microorganism.
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VIRUS
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Grow in warm, dark, moist areas. ex= athletes foot.
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FUNGI
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Found mostly in water or fluid sources. larger than bacteria.
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PROTOZOAN
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What disease is most common in Minnesota from drinking unpurified water?
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Giardia
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Living organism that feeds off a host.
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Parasite
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Examples of Parasites...
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Mites, Lice, Parasitic worms
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4 ways diseases are spread?
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Contact with...
Infected person; contaminated object; animal; envoromental |
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3 lines of defense a body uses?
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1. Physical and Chemical
2. Inflammation 3. Immune System |
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Inflammation occurs...
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wherever the body is infected
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What makes up the majority of the immune system?
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Lymphatic System
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"Lymph" carries...
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T cells and B cells
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B cells...
T cells... |
B= produce antibodies
T= help regulate and kill pathogens |
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TWO TYPES OF IMMUNITY
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Passive, Active
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Active Immunity results from...
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Having a disease and creating antibodies yourself
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Passive Immunity results from...
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getting antibodies from another source (babys from their mother)
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Not transmitted through...
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Casual Contact, objects, coughing, sneezing
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Virus's transmitted through...
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Sexual Contact, needle sharing, child transfer (maternal)
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2 main vehicles of transmission? (AIDS)
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BLOOD & SEMEN
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HIV stands for...?
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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Asymptomatic Infection...
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without symptoms, infected.
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AIDS stands for...?
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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What are the issues w/ AIDS?
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1. Major health problem
2. Virus destroys immune system; it's deadly. 3. Will affect children. 4. Education is the major prevention strategy. |
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Hepatitis A is infected by...
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consuming fecal matter that is contaminated (Even in small amounts)
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Endocrine Glands
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Glands that release hormones into the bloodstream.
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Estrogen
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hormone made by ovaries that regulates development female sex traits
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Toxemia
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Serious condition during pregnancy. Swells body tissue
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Placenta
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Organ that holds the embryo to the wall of the uterus
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Lymphocytes
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Type of white blood cell that carries out most of immune system's functions
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Epidemic
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Occurrence of a disease
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Opportunistic Disease
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disease that attacks a person with a weakened immune system
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Endometrium
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Lining of Uterus
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Gene
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Section of chromosome that determines a single trait; basic unit of hereditary
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Hemophilia
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Sex linked disease in which the person's blood doesn't clot properly.
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Contraception
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Any method of preventing pregnancy
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Infertile
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Unable to have biological children
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Ectopic Pregnancy
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Occurs when a blastocyst becomes implanted in fallopian tube instead of uterus
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RH negative
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Term used to describe blood that doesn't contain protein on blood cells
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RH positive
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Term used to describe blood that does contain protein on blood cells.
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Chlamydia
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Most common STD
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Trichomoniasis
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sexually transmitted protozoan infection of the urinary vagina
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Gonorrhea
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Serious Bacterial STD
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Genital Warts
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Most common viral STD. once infected, stays for life.
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Genital Herpes
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Incurable viral STD. produces painful blisters around genital area.
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Syphilis
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Serious bacterial STD
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Hepatitis B & C
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sexually transmitted disease's that attack the liver.
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