INFECTIO

and the
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Common Communicable
Diseases
 WHAT IS INFECTION?
Infectious diseases are called communicable diseases
while noninfectious diseases are called
noncommunicable diseases.
 PATHOGENS
It is a microscopic organism that
invade the body. They are defected
by the body as harmful, resuling to
the activation of immune responses.
 PATHOGENS
They can spread through contact
with infected person, an animal,
contamited objects or ingestion of
contaminated food. They can also
spread through water and air.
STAGES OF
INFECTION
• the incubation period
• the prodromal period
• the acute stage
• the recovery stage
• the convalescene stage
COMMON COMMUNICABLE
DISEASES
• Acute Respiratory Infection
• Pneumonia
• Bronchitis
• Influenza
• Tuberculosis
 ACUTE RESPIRATORY
INFECTION
It is a condition which prevents people
from breathing normally. It is a viral
infection that affects the nose,
windpipe, or lungs.
 ACUTE RESPIRATORY
INFECTION
Symptoms:
• Watery eyes
• runny or stuffy nose
• sneezing
• coughing
• sore throat
 PNEUMONIA
It is a term to describe the inflammation
of the lungs. Usual causes of pneumonia
are bacterial or viral infections.
 PNEUMONIA
Symptoms:
• Cough
• sweat
• fever and chills
• chest pain
• headache
• muscle ache
• nausea and vomiting
• green or blood stained-sputum
 BRONCHITIS
It is an infection that causes the mucus membrane
lining to the bronchi or airways of the lungs to
become inflamed. Acute Bronchitis is usually due to
viral infection such as cold or flu.
 BRONCHITIS

Symptoms:
• Cough with plegm
• mild fever
• upper chest pain that worsens when coughing
 INFLUENZA
Commonly known as the flu. It can be spread by
touching an infected person or contaminated surface or
by inhaling infected droplets.
 INFLUENZA
Symptoms:
• fever and chills
• headache
• sneezing
• sore throat
• muscle aches
 TUBERCULOSIS
It is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium
tuberculosis and can be contracted when a person inhales
infected droplets that are sneezed or coughed into the air.
It can affect the bones and brain.
 TUBERCULOSIS
Symptoms:
• slight fever
• night sweats
• weight loss
• muscle aches and chest pain
• shortness of breath
 DENGUE FEVER
It is a viral infection transmitted through
the bite of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
infected with a dengue virus.
DENGUE FEVER
Symptoms:
• high fever
• headache
• muscle and joint pain
• nausea
• vomiting
PREVENTION IS A
CURE.
SEE YOUR
DOCTOR!