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Common Communicable Diseases

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

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TOP COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN THE PHILIPPINES

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PTB IS CAUSED BY M.TUBERCULOSIS.YOU CAN GET PTB BY BREATHING IN

THE AIR DROPLETS FROM A COUGH OR SNEEZE OF AN INFECTED PERSON

YOUR RISK OF CATCHING PTB INCREASES IF YOU ARE AROUND PEOPLE

HAVE PTB, LIVE IN A CROWDED OR UNCLEAN ENVIRONMENT,POOR NUTRITION
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PTB SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

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THE GOAL OF TREATMENT IS TO CURE THE INFECTION WITH DRUGS THAT

FIGHT THE TUBERCULOSIS BACTERIA
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PNEUMONIA IS AN INFECTION OF THE LUNGS THAT IS CAUSED BY

BACTERIA, VIRUSES, FUNGI, OR PARASITES

WHO GETS PNEUMONIA?

SOME PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY THAN OTHERS TO DEVELOP PNEUMONIA
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PEOPLE WHO ARE HIGH RISK TO DEVELOP PNEUMONIA

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SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF PNEUMONIA

PNEUMONIA TREATMENTS DEPEND ON THE TYPE OF PNEUMONIA AND THE

SEVERITY OF SYMPTOMS. HOSPITALIZATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

DENGUE IS TRANSMITTED BY THE BITE OF AN AEDES MOSQUITO.

DENGUE MOSQUITOS BREED ON STAGNANT WATER

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DIARRHEA DESCRIBES BOWEL MOVEMENTS THAT ARE LOOSE AND WATERY.

THE MOST COMMON CAUSE IS A VIRUS THAT INFECT THE GUT

DIARRHEA IS A COMMON PROCESS OF OUR BODY TO ELIMINATE TOXINS

TYPHOID FEVER IS A BACTERIAL DISEASE

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SYMPTOMS OF TYPHOID FEVER

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MALARIA IS A MOSQUITO-BORNE INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

IT'S SYMPTOMS TYPICALLY INCLUDE FEVER AND HEADACHE.

OTHER SYMPTOMS ARE:

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IT IS TRANSMITTED THROUGH CONTACT W/ INFECTED SOIL OR WATER

THE SOIL OR WATER IS CONTAMINATED W/ THE WASTE/ URINE OF AN INFECTED ANIMAL.
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SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS BEGIN FROM 2-25 DAYS AFTER INITIAL DIRECT EXPOSURE

LEPTOSPIROSIS CAN BE TREATED BY HIGH DOSES OF ANTIBIOTICS.SEVERELY I'LL PT.

MAY NEED HOSPITALIZATION AND SOMETIMES DIALYSIS TREATMENT.

RABIES IS A VIRAL DISEASE OF MAMMALS MOST OFTEN TRANSMITTED THROUGH A BITE OF A RABID ANIMAL.

IT INFECT THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, ULTIMATELY CAUSING DISEASE IN THE BRAIN AND DEATH.
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SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS ARE FLU, BODY MALAISE, FEVERVAND HEADACHE WHICH LAST FOR DAYS.

IT PROGRESS TO CEREBRAL DYSFUNCTION TO DELIRIUM, HALLUCINATION AND ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

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INFLUENZA IS A VIRAL INFECTION THAT ATTACKS THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

HEPATITIS

IS A GENERAL TERM USED TO DESCRIBED AN INFLAMED LIVER.

TWO MAIN TYPES ARE ACUTE AND CHRONIC HEPATITIS.

IT CAN VARY SIGNIFICALLY BASED ON THE CAUSE OF THE CONDITION.

SOME OF THE MAIN TYPES OF HEPATITIS INCLUDE:

SYMPTOMS

THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF HEPATITIS