WHY DO WE FALL ILL?

Health

Health has been described as the state of complete physical, mental and social well being.Thus, being healthy means that you have a positive outlook and are able to cope up with any kind of stress without any great difficulty.

Disease and it’s causesDisease can be defined as an impairment of the normal state of the living organism that disturbs or modifies the performance of the vital functions and is a response to environmental factors to specific agents to inherent defects of the organisms or to combination of these factors.

Congenital diseases

These diseases are present since birth. They are caused due to genetic abnormality or due to metabolic or malfunctioning of any organ.

They are permanent and cannot be easily curable and may be inherited to the children.

Acquired Diseases These diseases are those which

develop after birth. Acquired diseases are broadly

divided intoTwo types-Infectious diseasesNon infectious diseases

Infectious Diseases These diseases are caused by

some biological agents or pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, helminthes and fungi.

These diseases can rapidly spread from one person to another by various means such as by physical contact, water, air, food and insects

Typhoid

Symptoms Headache and typhoid fever which rises

maximum in the afternoon.

High fever in the second week. Fever gradually declines.

In nutshell symptoms of typhoid include continuous fever often with delirium, slow pulse, diarrhoea with water-green stools.

Prevention Proper sanitation and

disposal of faecal matter prevents infection.

TAB-vaccination provides immunity for 3 years.

Typhoral oral vaccine also prevents typhoid.

These diseases are restricted only to those persons who are suffering from them. These are not spread from infected person to healthy person.

These diseases may be caused from the lack of certain essential substances in our diet; general degeneration of tissues; uncontrolled growth of tissues (cancer); defects in the metabolic reactions; and injury and damage to any part of the body part.

Non Infectious diseases

Every kind of disease is not

under our control.

But the least we can do is to take care of ourselves

and our surroundings.

Providing vaccines at right time.

Hand washing

These small contributions

From you and me, willHelp us make a better

future