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Communicable Diseases
Presentation Overview
Case StudyTreatment for Communicable DiseasesPrevention of Communicable Diseases
Common Symptoms of Communicable Diseases
Mode of transmission of Communicable Diseases
Causes of Communicable DiseasesCommon Communicable Diseases
What is Communicable Disease(CD)?
What Is Communicable Disease(CD)?
Is an illness caused by an infectious agent or its toxins which can be directly or indirectly passed to a healthy person.
Caused by organisms or viruses (called Pathogens) that enter and multiply within the human body.
Also known as Contagious or Infectious diseases.
Common Communicable Diseases
Mode of Transmission of CDs
Pathogen Transmission in CDs
Common Symptoms of CDs
Appetite Loss
Diarrhoea
Coughs and
Sneezes
Fever
Exhaustion
Involuntary
Muscle Spasms and Pain
in the Muscles
Nausea
Swelling and
Redness in
Affected Areas
Common Symptoms of CDs(Cont…)
Clean Your
HandsSanitatio
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Prevention of Communicable Diseases
Mass Vaccination
against specific diseases
Control of Vectors
Clean Water Supply
Prevention of Communicable Diseases (Cont…)
Treatment for
Communicable
Diseases
Anti-biotics
Anti-fungal
s
Anti-parasit
ics
Anti-virals
Case Study: GastroenteritisViral gastroenteritis is a highly
contagious disease.
Spreads by sharing food or eating and drinking from contaminated
utensils.
Depending on the specific virus, gastroenteritis lasts from one to
two days or up to 10 days.
Two known causes of viral gastroenteritis are rotavirus and
norovirus.
Pink eye is a common name for a highly contagious form of bacterial or viral
conjunctivitis.The virus that causes the common cold
causes viral pink eye.
Staphylococcus or streptococcus cause bacterial pink eye.
Avoid touching the infected eye and wash your hands frequently.
Avoid reusing towels or washcloths in contact with the eye.
Case Study: Pink Eye
Hepatitis is a viral infection of the liver.
Three types of hepatitis are hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and
hepatitis C.Hepatitis causes
inflammation of the liver that lead to life threating
conditions.Treatment include
medications or liver transplantation.
Case Study: Hepatitis
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