Prevention of infection

Bacteria
1. -TWO SHAPES COCCI, BACILLI - CAN LIVE OUT OF THE BODY
2. BOTULISM: SYMPTOMS - DOUBLE VISION - DROOPY EYELIDS. POSSIBLE SOURCE OF INFECTION - FOOD BOURNE
Fungi
1. - IT CAN BE A MOULD OR YEAST INFECTION - LIKES ACIDIC PLACES
2. THRUSH: SYMPTOMS - ITCHING - SORE SKIN. POSSIBLE SOURCE OF INFECTION - BACTERIA INBALANCE I.E.TAKING ANTIBIOTICS & IF YOU ARE PREGNANT
Parasyte
1. - CAN BE WORMS, MITES AND INSECTS - CAN BE SEEN BY THE NAKED EYE
2. HEADLICE: SYMPTOMS - ITCHY HEAD - CAN SEE THE LICE. POSSIBLE SOURCE OF INFECTION - HEAD TO HEAD CONTACT
Virus
1. CHICKEN POX: SYMPTOMS -RED ITCHY SPOTS - HIGH TEMPERATURE. POSSIBLE SOURCE OF INFECTION - INFECTED PEOPLE
2. - SMALLER THAN BACTERIA - HAVE TO GET INTO A CELL AND EXPLODE TO REPRODUCE
HIV
1. SYMPTOMS - SHINGLES - THRUSH
2. HOW IT ENTERS THE BODY - SEXUAL INTERCOURSE - BREAST MILK
3. WHO IS AT RISK? - PEOPLE HAVING UNPROTECTED SEX MOSTLY HOMOSEXUALS - PEOPLE SHARING NEEDLES
Hepatitis B
1. SYMPTOMS- FLU LIKE -JAUNDICE (YELLOW SKIN & EYES)
2. WHO IS AT RISK? INFANTS BORN TO MOTHERS WHO ARE INFECTED AT THE DELIVERY-PEOPLE WITH MULTIPLE SEX PARTNERS PAST OR PRESENT
3. HOW IT ENTERS THE BODY - TOUCHING BLOODY BODY FLUIDS IE BLOOD IN SICK OR SALIVA - MOTHER TO BABY
Hepatitis C
1. WHO IS AT RISK? RECIPIENTS OF BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS - RECIPIENTS OF TATOOING AND BODY PIERCING
2. SYMPTOMS - TIREDNESS - STOMACH PAINS
3. HOW IT ENTERS THE BODY - BLOOD TO BLOOD CONTACT - TATTOOING AND BODY PIERCING EQUIPMENT NOT STREILISED

Resource summary

	Created by Helen Lee almost 11 years ago