unit 1 health laura
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HEALTH AND ILLNESS
• Health is the state of physical and mental well-being.• Illness is the opposite of health.• Symptoms, like coughs ,pain or fever, tell us
that our bodies are ill.
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HEALTHY HABITS
• Sleep 8 or 9 hours every night.• Eat a balanced diet. • Eat five meals a day.• Wash our hands before meals.• Breathe fresh air.
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WHAT CAUSES AN ILLNESS
TYPES OF ILLNESS:• Non-infectiuos illness.• Infectious illness. Are cause by harmful
bacteria and viruses. They can be:contagious or non-contagious.
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BACTERIA
• Bacteria are unicellular micro-organisms.There are two types of bacteria:• Benefial bacteria
• Harmful bacteria
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PATHOGENIC BACTERIA
• BATERIAL MENINGITIS Affected nervous system.
• SALMONELLOSISAffected digestive system.• BRONCHITISAffected bronchi in the
respiratory system.
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OTHER MICRO-ORGANIMS
• They can be unicellular or multicelular.Amoabe Plasmodia
Candida yeast) Fungi
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VIRUSES• A virus is not a micro-organism. It causes infectious illnesses.• Is not a livig thing but it needs cells to carry out its life
processes.
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PREVENTING AND HEALING ILLNESSES
• Pathogenic micro-organismis can enter in our bodies in different ways:
o Through the respiratory system.o Through the digestive system.o Throuh wounds and cuts.
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HOW CAN WE PREVENT INFECTIONS?
• Disinfect wounds.• Wash our hands before eating or handling
food.• Wash uncooked food.• Cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze.• Do not share eating utensils.
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VACCINESVaccines introduce into our bodies the micro-
organisms or virus that is making us ill.The body reacts to the virus and produces
substances to destroy it .
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HOW DO WE TREAT INFECTIONS?
• Infections caused by bacteria are treated with antibiotics.
• Infections caused by fungi are treated with anti-fungal.
• Infections caused by viruses are only treated with medicines that help to reduce sysmptoms
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FIRST AID KIT
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