KEYWORDS-

Health is the state of physical, mental and social well-being.

Hygiene is any practice or activity that you do to keep things healthy and clean. Washing
hands, coughing into your elbow, and regular house cleaning are all part of good hygiene.

A disease is a factor which affects health. Disease: Any condition that interferes with the
proper functioning of the body or mind.
CLEANLINESS

1) Use garbage bins to throw garbage

2) Donot litter the road as it results in land air and
water pollution
3) Use separate dustbins to discard two types of
garbage i.e b

Biodegradablewastes-(food items etc) throw in

green dustbin
No n biodegradable wastes-(glass etc) throw in
blue dustbin

REUSE AND RECYCLE the waste as much as

possible.

Avoid wastage of resources like electricity, fuels etc

• Avoid using plastic bags. Instead use paper or jute bags

• Save water and prevent its pollution

• Plant Trees as they also reduce pollution
• Use CNG Vehicles.
• Spread awareness about pollution and cleanliness.
• Maintain personal hygiene
 DISEASES
• COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

• NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

 Communicable Diseases

You must have noticed that sometimes your mother does not allow you to go out to
play or to meet your friends when you are sick. Neither, she allows others to meet
you. Do you wonder why?
This is because there are some diseases which are infectious and spread when a
person comes in contact with sick person.

Communicable diseases or infectious diseases are those diseases that can be

transmitted from one individual to another or from animals to humans.

Communicable diseases are caused by microorganisms and are spread through

air ,water, food and insect.

Examples-malaria, measles
NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
or NON INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Diseases that can not be transmitted from one
person to another are called non-communicable
diseases. Examples color blindness,hypertension,
cancer etc.
 LIKE DEFICIENCY DISEASES ,
MENTAL ILLNESS, OBESITY
ETC

ROOT CAUSES

GENETIC FACTORS POLLUTION

POLLUTION AGING
CAUSES OF NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
• Deficiency Diseases- Diseases caused due to lack of nutrients over a
long period are called deficiency diseases.
• Examples-
• Deficiency of vitamins and minerals may cause diseases like color
blindness, scurvy(lack of vitamin C) Rickets (lack of vitamin D), and
anemia (iron-deficiency). etc
• Deficiency of proteins may cause kwashiorkor, marasmus
• Diseases caused due to bad habits
• Smoking

• Chewing of tobacco

• Drinking alcohol

Heart Diseases
Liver diseases
Some other Causes of
Non communicable diseases
CAUSES -----EXAMPLES OF DISEASES ASTHMA OBESITY
Pollutants in the air- Asthma

Physical Inactivity - Obesity

Stress or trauma – Mental illness

MENTAL ILLNESS
Family history/genetic diseases- diabetes, cancer
etc.

Aging – High blood pressure, Diabetes

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

SORTING ACTIVITY –
Write C for communicable or Infectious diseases
Write NC for non communicable or non –infectious diseases in
your chat boxes
1) COVID 19
2) MALARIA
3) NIGHT BLINDNESS
4) COMMON COLD
5) CHICKEN POX
4) GOITRE
5) ANAEMIA
6) TYPHOID
7) HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
8) MENTAL DISORDERS
9) HYPERTENTION
10) BLOOD CANCER