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Seasonal Diseases

Seasonal Diseases. Maria Pia Pinto, Gabriel Kukawka, Camille Dibos, Matías Melgar. Introduction - Definition. The seasonal diseases are serious illnesses that can be cured and controlled by medicines or other things.

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Seasonal Diseases

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  1. Seasonal Diseases Maria Pia Pinto, Gabriel Kukawka, Camille Dibos, Matías Melgar

  2. Introduction - Definition The seasonal diseases are serious illnesses that can be cured and controlled by medicines or other things. We are investigating about seasonal diseases. They are illnesses that occur because of the seasons or the seasonal changes.

  3. Malaria Malaria is a seasonal disease that occurs when a mosquito bites you and then the mosquito bites another person, so the wound becomes infected and the person produces malaria. The causes are: • The mosquito bite • The Plasmodium protozoan of the infected wound The effects are: • High fever • Coughs • Flu • Muscle pain

  4. Dengue Dengue is a seasonal disease caused by the bite of an Aedas Egipti Mosquito, and its four different viruses. The causes are: • Aedas mosquito The effects are: • High fever • Headache • Chills • Swollen lymph nodes • Eye pain • Muscle pain • Weakness

  5. Swine Flu Swine flu is a seasonal disease that occurs because of poor hygiene, it is mortal, and it is very easy to transmit. The causes are: • Poor hygiene • Contact with things with germs The effects are: • High fever • Coughs • Weakness • A cold • Muscle pain

  6. Asthma Asthma is an allergic lung disease that happens when the airway narrows; the airway wall becomes thicker, and the mucus cover much of the airway. The effects are: • Chest tightness • Wheezing • Coughs The causes are: • Parents who have asthma • An inherited tendency to develop allergies • Certain respiratory infections during childhood • Contact with some airborne allergens or exposure to some viral infections in infancy or in early childhood when the immune system is developing

  7. Interview to Dr. Dante Aranda

  8. Photos in class working

  9. Ways to help We are going to make posters warning people about seasonal diseases. We are going to prepare flyers warning people about seasonal diseases and distribute them in our school, neighborhoods, and our families.

  10. Conclusion Seasonal diseases can be prevented and in many cases can be cured. It is necessary to inform people about them, their symptoms, treatments and the most important thing to know is how to prevent them. Therefore, we will help make our world a healthier one.

  11. Sources • Aranda, Dante. Personal interview. November 8, 2010 • National Heart Lung and Blood Institute”. Asthma. Sep. 2008.U.S Department of Health & Human Services. National Institutes of Health. 2 Nov. 2010 • “Health Insite.” Causes of Asthma. Jun. 2010. 4 Nov. 2010. <ww.healthinsite.gov.au/topics/Causes of Asthma> • “Live Strong.” Symptoms & Effects of Asthma. 28 Oct. 2009. 4 Nov. 2010 /http://www.livestrong.com/article/30315-symptoms-effects-asthma • University Ricardo Palma, Familiar medicines, Lima Perú, The Republic, 1998

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