Communication Diseases

 

Diseases:-  Diseases is combination of two words DIS - disturbed  and EASE- comfort.

         A disease is an illness or a abnormal condition that effect negatively to all parts of an organism and prevent the body and the mind from normal working.

       Meaning of communicable disease:

              Communicable diseases are those diseases which can be transmitted from one person to another whether directly or indirectly.

·                    Communicable disease includes those diseases revolting from any      type of infection capable of being directly or indirectly transmitted from one individual to other.

·                    Communicable diseases are those infectious diseases which speed from one source to the other.

·                    Communicable diseases are those transferable capable infections or germs multiple diseases which are passed on infected person to healthy person through some medium like food, drinks, air etc. or through direct contact.

·                    Communicable diseases are those diseases in which a person is exposed to illness without his/her knowledge, when the same person comes in contact with the infected person. The contact may be direct or indirect. Communicable diseases which are transmitted through any medium comes in infections categories, on the other hand those communicable diseases which are transmitted through direct contact comes in contagious categories.

·                    Diseases like  heart disorder , Night blindness, rickets etc are not communicable diseases because these diseases cannot be transferred from one person to another through direct or indirect contacts. However some infections diseases are caused by direct contact also even a touch (touching infected persons body by hand),. The bacteria are very tiny germs need specific atmosphere for survive, example of this can be explained by the fact that HIV organization cannot survive in the mosquitoes body temperature, therefore, occurrence of aids is not possible through mosquito bite, some bacteria/germs spread contagious diseases and some may spread infectious diseases. These germs, bacteria or virus can be viewed through microscopes. Every diseases have its own characterizes depending upon the nature of germs/bacteria/virus.

 

Source of communication diseases are:

i.        Through AIR: breathing, sneezing coughing, by an infected person through speeding infected droplets in air diseases can be transferred to healthy person. Influenza, measles, Diphtheria, tuberculosis tec are the diseases generally spread through air.

                     

ii.       Through Food and water: After sitting on the sputum of an infected patient when fly sits on food, the infection actually being transferred. Typhoid, cholera, dysentery etc are the diseases general spread through food and water.

Facts:  More than one billion people (one-sixth of the world's population) lack safe drinking water and almost two billion are without adequate sanitation.  Every day, an estimated 10,000 people in developing countries die from water-related diseases.  That’s 6.9 people every minute.

 iii.      THROUGH CONTACT: When the belonging of an infected person like hand/kerchief, clothes, books etc was touched by other person, there are chances that infection  may spread, to healthy person. Ring warm, small pox, measles etc. are the diseases generally spread through contact.

iv.      THROUGH ANIMALS OR INSECTS: Biting or stinging by some infected animal or insect may cause the spread of infectious diseases. Malaria, plague, dengue fever, sleeping sickness etc are the disease generally spred through animals an insects.