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Caring for yourself

A2) describe selected examples of infectious and non- infectious diseases , identifying their detection and prevention . . Caring for yourself. What’s the difference ?. NON-INFECTIOUS DISEASE. InfectiOUS DISEASE.

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Caring for yourself

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  1. A2) describeselectedexamples of infectious and non-infectiousdiseases, identifyingtheirdetection and prevention. Caring for yourself

  2. What’s the difference? NON-INFECTIOUS DISEASE InfectiOUS DISEASE You CAN catch itfromanotherperson (blood, bacteria, air-borne, sexuallytransmitted, etc…) Contagious Not heriditary • You can’t catch itfromanotherperson • Not contagious • Some of thesediseases are heriditary

  3. What are the similarities? • Can affect people of anyage • Can affect a person’sphysicalhealth (cause a part of a person’s body to not work right) • Can affect a person’s mental health • Can affect a person’s social health • Can affect us in economicalways (cost money)

  4. Non-infectiousdiseases • Asthma • allergies • diabetes • Heartdisease • cancer • arthritis • epilepsy • Multiple sclerosis • Anorexia, bulimia

  5. InfectiousDiseases • Food poisoning • Measles • ChickenPox • Cold • Nile Virus • E.coli virus • Mononucleosis (Mono) • Warts • Influenza (flu), H1N1

  6. Assignment • Research FOUR diseases (twoinfectious and two non-infectious) • For eachdisease, find: • Whatis the disease ( create a definition in your OWN words) • How isittransmitted, and if not, how isitdevelopped? • What are the 3 symptons on the body? • Whatcanbedone to prevent or lessen the chances of gettingthisdisease (medication, protection, habits, healthchoice, etc…)? If not, how do youtreatit. (3)

  7. Information on Diseases • http://www.cdc.gov/az/ • http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/id-mi/index-eng.php

  8. Sharing your research • When it’s your turn, present ONE infectious and ONE non-infectious disease to your group. • When you are not presenting, you will need to take notes on what your group members are saying! For ONE of the diseases that is presented to you, write a short summary of what you’ve learned. • For ex: “Malaria – I learned that it is transmitted through mosquito bites. It can give you fever, chills and even kill you. It’s common in Africa and South America.”

  9. Assignment • Create a color poster that shows FOUR ways to prevent infectious 0r non-infectious diseases • Underneath, write a paragraph explaining your FOUR drawings For ex: “One way to prevent infectious diseases is to wash your hands because bacteria is transmitted through touch. Another way is to eat healthy because….”

  10. How do we prevent diseases ????

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