2. Your health is a state of physical and social well-being. Illnesses are health
problems that affect your body’s organs.
Health professionals and services can help us to stay healthy.
Illnesses usually have specificsymptoms, like fever, pain or coughing.
A doctor makes a diagnosis and relieve the symptoms and maybe cure the illness,
too.
A general practitioner is a doctor who treats the most
common, everyday illnesses.
A medical specialist is a doctor who treats specific illnesses:
like cardiologist, gastroenterologist and neurologist.
People usually go to hospital if they have a emergency, they
can also go for tests and medical treatsments.
3. Infectious diseases are illnesses that are caused by microorganisms.
Non- infectious diseases they include allergies, malnutrition, substance abuse and
mental illness.
4. Bacteria, viruses, protozoans and fungi are common microorganisms. Some of
them are not harmful to humans, but others can cause infectious diseases.
• Bacteria
can cause
diseases
like
tuberculos
is, tetanus
or
salmonell
osis.We
can treat
with
antibiotics
.
• Viruses are
harmful,
they can
diseases
like flu,
measles,
rubella and
AIDS.
• Protozoans
can cause
serious
infections
diseaes,
like
malaria,
cholera and
amoebic
dry sentery.
• Fungi cause
diseases of
the skin,
hair and
nails.
Athlete’s
foot.
6. To prevent infectious diseases, we must keep healthy lifestyle habits and follow a
schedule of vaccinations.
• Wash your hands with soap and water.
• Brush your teeth after you eat and before go to bed.
• Clean cuts to prevent infections
• Keep your pets healthy, take them to the
veterinarian
• Wash raw fruits and vegetables, clean with water
before you eat
• Don’t walk barefoot at public swimming pools or
gyms
7. eat a balanced died do regular exercise get 8-10 hours of sleep
follow road safety rules accept and respect accept and respect
your self other people
