LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. DISCUSS THE MOST COMMON COMMUNICABLE

DISEASES IN THE PHILIPPINES.
2. IDENTIFY THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF
COMMON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND ITS
PREVENTION AND CONTROL.
3. PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY DURING THE
DISCUSSIONS.
 COMMON
COMMUNICAB
LE DISEASES IN
THE
PHILIPPINES
 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

-ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DISEASES THAT CAN

BE TRANSMITTED FROM ONE PERSON TO
ANOTHER.
-IT CAN BE TRANSFER THROUGH VIRUSES,
BACTERIA’S, SALIVA, OR DROPLETS BY MODE OF
TRANSMISSION.
 ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION
- IS AN INFECTION OF THE UPPER
RESPIRATORY TRACT FROM THE NASAL
SINUSES DOWN TO THE VOCAL CORDS
OR THE LOWER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
FROM THE VOCAL CORDS DOWN TO THE
LUNGS.
- IT USUALLY AFFECTS CHILDREN BUT
CAN ALSO AFFECT ADULTS.
- IT INCLUDES THE COMMON COLD,
 SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
• RUNNY NOSE • NASAL CONGESTION
• COUGH • CONGESTION OF THE
• DIFFICULTY LUNGS
BREATHING • HIGH FEVER
• HEADACHE • BODY ACHES
• DIZZINESS • FATIGUE
• SORE THROAT
 PREVENTIVE AND CONTROL MEASURES
• VACCINATIONS FOR MMR( MEASLES, MUMPS AND RUBELLA),
PERTUSSIS, AND FLU LOWER THE RISK OF GETTING AN ACUTE
RESPIRATORY INFECTION.
• IT ALSO HELPS TO PRACTICE HYGIENE LIKE FREQUENT
HANDWASHING AND SNEEZING AND COUGHING ETIQUETTE.
• AVOID TOUCHING YOUR FACE, EYES, AND MOUTH TO PREVENT
THE ENTRY OF BACTERIA AND VIRUSES IN THE BODY.
• DISINFECT FOMITES. FOMITES ARE INANIMATE OBJECTS
SUCH AS DOORKNOB, KITCHEN UTENSILS, HAIRBRUSH,
CLOTHES, TOWELS, AND OTHER THINGS WE USE EVERYDAY.
 CHICKENPOX
- IS A CONTAGIOUS DISEASE CAUSED
BY A VIRUS.
- IT CAN BE LIFE-THREATENING TO
BABIES, ADOLESCENTS, ADULTS,
PREGNANT WOMEN, AND PEOPLE
WITH A WEAK IMMUNE SYSTEM.
- INFECTION USUALLY LASTS FOR
SEVEN DAYS BUT SCARS FROM
BLISTERS TAKE MUCH LONGER TO
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
• HEADACHE
• FEVER
• ITCHY RASHES
• BLISTERS
• FATIGUE
 PREVENTIVE AND CONTROL
MEASURES:
• VACCINATE AGAINST CHICKENPOX.
• STAY AWAY FROM PEOPLE WITH CHICKENPOX
• PRACTICE HAND HYGIENE AND SANITATION METHODS
• IF SICK, ISOLATE YOUR SELF FOR MORE THAN A WEEK.

MYTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS

• TAKING A BATH COMPLICATES THE DISEASE.
• THE MORE BLISTERS APPEAR, THE BETTER.
• CERTAIN FOODS, ESPECIALLY FISH, CAN CAUSE THE DISEASE
TO WORSEN.
 FACTS
• TAKING A BATH HELPS RELIEVE DISCOMFORT
BROUGHT ABOUT BY ITCHINESS.
• THERE IS NO KNOWN STUDY THAT THE APPEARANCE
OF MORE BLISTERS MEANS IT IS BETTER FOR PERSONS
WITH CHICKENPOX. THIS HAS NOT BEEN
THEORETICALLY AND CLINICALLY PROVEN.
• IT HELPS TO EAT BALANCED NUTRITIOUS MEALS AND
DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND NATURAL FRUIT JUICES.
 CHOLERA
-IS AN ACUTE DIARRHEAL INFECTION THAT LIVES
IN CONTAMINATED FOOD AND WATER.
- PEOPLE CAN GET THE DISEASE BY EATING AND
DRINKING CONTAMINATED FOOD AND WATER.
-STREET FOODS NOT PROPERLY PREPARED,
COOKED, AND SERVED ARE LIKELY TO BE
CONTAMINATED WITH BACTERIA AND CAN MAKE
PEOPLE SICK FROM CHOLERA.
 SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
•NAUSEA (DIZZINESS FOLLOWED BY
VOMITING)
•DIARRHEA
•DEHYDRATION
•FATIGUE
•SUNKEN EYES
•EXTREME THIRST
 PREVENTIVE AND CONTROL
MEASURES
•PRACTICE HAND HYGIENE.
•DRINK ONLY CLEAN, SAFE WATER.
•WASH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROPERLY
•COOK FOOD COMPLETELY AND AVOID RAW
MEAT.
•VACCINATE AGAINST CHOLERA.
 DENGUE FEVER
- IS A VECTOR-BORNE INFECTION CAUSED BY A VIRUS
CARRIED BY THE AEDES AEGYPTI MOSQUITO.
- IT IS COMMON IN TROPICAL COUNTRIES SUCH AS THE
PHILIPPINES.
- VECTOR-BORNE INFECTION IS A COMMUNICABLE
DISEASE TRANSMITTED BY VECTORS.
- VECTORS- ARE ANIMALS THAT CARRY SPECIFIC
DISEASES.
EXAMPLES OF VECTORS OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
ARE:
- RATS, MICE, FLIES, BATS, DOGS, CATS, BIRDS
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• HIGH FEVER
• VOMITING
• HEADACHE
• MUSCLE AND JOINT PAINS
• RASHES
• AND IN LATE STAGES OF THE
INFECTION-BLEEDING FROM THE
NOSE AND MOUTH.
 PREVENTIVE AND CONTROL MEASURES:
• DESTROY MOSQUITO-BREEDING GROUNDS SUCH AS
STAGNANT WATER, OLD TIRES, ETC.
• INSTALL SCREENS IN HOUSES AND SLEEP INSIDE
MOSQUITO NETS.
• DO NOT KILL BIOLOGICAL AGENTS SUCH AS FROGS,
LIZARDS, AND SPIDERS.
• APPLY INSECTICIDES AND LARVICIDES TO REDUCE
MOSQUITO POPULATION.
 DIARRHEA
- IS CHARACTERIZED BY WATERY AND LOOSE
STOOLS.
- CAN CAUSED BY BACTERIAL AND VIRAL INFECTION
CAN BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH DIRTY OR SOILED
HANDS, CONTAMINATED DRINKING WATER SUPPLY,
AND IMPROPERLY PREPARED AND COOKED FOOD.
- CAN CAUSE DEHYDRATION OF THE BODY AND
EXTREME LOSS OF ELECTROLYTES NEEDED BY THE
BODY TO FUNCTION PROPERLY.
 SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS:
• STOMACHACHE • FOUL STOOLS
• ABDOMINAL CRAMPS • WEIGHT LOSS
• HEADACHE • DEHYDRATION
• FREQUENT TRIPS TO • VOMITING
THE TOILET • BLOOD ON STOOLS
• WATERY • FEVER
• LOOSE
 PREVENTIVE AND CONTROL MEASURES:
• PRACTICE HAND HYGIENE.
• SANITIZE HANDS FREQUENTLY.
• DRINK ONLY CLEAN, SAFE WATER.
• WASH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROPERLY
• COOK FOOD COMPLETELY AND AVOID RAW
MEAT
• BUY DRINKS AND FOOD ONLY FROM RELIABLE
 DIPHTHERIA
- IS A SERIOUS COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CAUSED
BY BACTERIA.
- IT CAN BE SPREAD FROM ONE PERSON TO
PERSON THROUGH NASAL (NOSE) AND ORAL
(MOUTH) DROPLETS SUCH AS COUGHING,
SNEEZING, TALKING, AND TOUCHING INFECTED
SKIN AREAS SUCH AS SKIN ULCERS (SORES OR
WOUNDS CAUSED BY AN INFECTION).
 SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
• FEVER
• SORE THROAT
• SWOLLEN GLANDS IN THE NECK
• DIFFICULTY BREATHING
SEVERE INFECTION LEADS TO:
1.HEART FAILURE
2.NERVE DAMAGES
3.KIDNEY DAMAGES
4.PARALYSIS
5.DEATH
 PREVENTIVE AND CONTROL
MEASURES:
• VACCINATION PROGRAM FOR BABIES, TEENAGERS AND
ADULTS.
• ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH
PEOPLE WITH DIPHTHERIA TO PREVENT GETTING THE
DISEASE ESPECIALLY IF IT IS DIPHTHERIA OF THE
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AND SKIN.
• STRONG AND CONSISTENT PUBLIC INFORMATION AND
EDUCATION CAMPAIGN OF THE GOVERNMENT IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH PRIVATE, NONGOVERNMENTAL,
 TASK 1: “Q AND A”
1._______IS A SERIOUS COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
THAT CAUSED BY BACTERIA.
a.DIPHTHERIA
b.DENGUE FEVER
c. ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION
d.DIARRHEA
ANSWER:
A. DIPHTHERIA
2. _____IS CHARACTERIZED BY WATERY AND
LOOSE STOOLS?
a.DIPHTHERIA
b.DENGUE FEVER
c.ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION
d.DIARRHEA
ANSWER
D. DIARRHEA
3. ____IS AN INFECTION OF THE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT
FROM THE NASAL SINUSES DOWN TO THE VOCAL CORDS OR
THE LOWER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM FROM THE VOCAL CORDS
DOWN TO THE LUNGS.
a.DIPHTHERIA
b.DENGUE FEVER
c.ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION
d.DIARRHEA

ANSWER:
C. ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION
4. ____ IS A VECTOR- BORNE INFECTION CAUSED BY A
VIRUS CARRIED BY THE MOSQUITO?
a. DIPHTHERIA
b. DENGUE FEVER
c. ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION
d. DIARRHEA

ANSWER:
B. DENGUE FEVER
5. ___ IS A CONTAGIOUS DISEASE CAUSED BY A
VIRUS?
a.ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION
b.CHICKENPOX
c.CHOLERA
d.DENGUE FEVER

ANSWER:
 TASK 2. “IDENTIFY ME”
INSTRUCTIONS:
IDENTIFY THE PICTURES OF THE
COMMON COMMUNICABLE
DISEASES IN THE PHILIPPINES.

ANSWER:
ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION
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ANSWER:

CHICKENPOX
ANSWER:

CHOLERA
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ANSWER:

DENGUE FEVER
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ANSWER:

DIARRHEA
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ANSWER:

DIPHTHERIA
 TASK 3. “GUEST ME” (THINK-PAIR-
SHARE)
INSTRUCTIONS:

THE TEACHER WILL PRESENT

DIFFERENT MISCONCEPTIONS,
MYTHS, BELIEFS AND PREVENTION
 THE LEARNERS WILL GUEST THE SETS
OF WORDS OR SENTENCES IF IT IS
MISCONCEPTIONS/MYTHS, FACTS,
BELIEFS OR PREVENTIONS, SIGNS AND
SYMPTOMS.
1. PRACTICE HAND HYGIENE.
ANSWER:
2. TAKING A BATH IF YOU HAVE A
CHICKENPOX COMPLICATES THE
DISEASE.

ANSWER:
MYTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS
3. WASH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
PROPERLY.

ANSWER:
PREVENTION
4. IT HELPS TO EAT BALANCED
NUTRITIOUS MEALS AND DRINK PLENTY
OF WATER AND NATURAL FRUIT JUICES.

ANSWER:
FACTS
5. HEADACHE, FEVER, ITCHY
RASHES, BLISTERS AND FATIGUE.

ANSWER:
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
 TASK 3. DIFFERENTIATED ACTIVITY /GROUP
PRESENTATIONS 
INSTRUCTIONS:
o THE STUDENTS WILL BE GROUP INTO 3 GROUPS.
o THE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO CREATE A SHORT
PRESENTATION BASED ON THE TASK ASSIGN TO
YOUR GROUP.
o EACH GROUP WILL BE GIVEN 5-10 MINUTES TO
PREPARE FOR THEIR PRESENTATIONS.
YOU WILL BE GRADED ACCORDING TO THE
FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
oCONTENT - 10%
oPRESENTATION - 10%
oCREATIVITY - 5%
oMEMBER’S PARTICIPATION - 5%
TOTAL - 30%
 
 GROUP 1: ROLE PLAYING
THE STUDENTS ARE GOING
TO ACT/PLAY THAT THEY HAVE
AN EXAMPLE OF DISEASE. THEY
ARE GOING TO SHOW ON HOW
THEY PREVENT AND CONTROL
THE DISEASE.
 GROUP 2: SLOGAN
THE STUDENTS MAY THINK A SAMPLE
SLOGAN ABOUT COMMON
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. THEY MAY
WRITE IT IN A MANILA PAPER AND ONE
MEMBER FROM THEIR GROUP MAY
EXPLAIN THEIR WORK.
 
 GROUP 3: NEWSCASTING/INTERVIEW “TALK
SHOW”
THE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO MAKE A
REPORT OR AN INTERVIEW FOR SOMEONE
WHO HAD EXPERIENCE A CERTAIN KIND OF
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. BY SHARING TO
THE PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND
HOW THEY RECOVER FROM THOSE DISEASES.
Do you think our lesson today has
its significant purpose in our lives?
Why? Why not?
What have you learned from
the discussion today?
Task 5. “Modified true or False”
(Individual)
Write TRUE if you think that the
statement is correct and FALSE if it is not.
___1. Communicable diseases can be
transfer from one person to another.
 2. Dengue fever is a vector-
____

borne infection caused by a

virus carried by mosquito.
___3. Chickenpox is an acute
diarrheal infection caused by
bacteria that leads in
contaminated food and water.
___4. Runny nose, cough and
difficulty breathing are the
signs and symptoms of acute
respiratory infection.
___5. Diphtheria is not a
serious communicable disease.
KEY TO CORRECTION:
1.TRUE
2.TRUE
3.FALSE
4.TRUE
5.FALSE
ASSIGNMENT:
WRITE A JOURNAL ON HOW TO CAMPAIGN
AGAINST THAT DISEASE STARTING FROM YOUR
FAMILY.
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THANK
YOU!!!