Health chapter 21

Explain how antibiotics resistance could lead to a bacterial disease epidemic

If the disease changes and mutates the disease will spread rapidly without a cure.

Why is it important to make sure that your immunization are current

Many diseases can be spread more rappidly if everyone doesn't get the vaccine.

What part of the body does hepatitis affect? What type of pathogen causes hepatitis

Scares the liver

How does your immune system "remember" a particular pathogen

T cells

What role do phagocytes play in inflammation?

They detect the bacteria and decide how to respond

Explain how a vaccine can make you immune to a particular infectious disease

Vaccines inject dead versions of the cell so your body can react

Antibiotics are usually prescribed for diseases caused by...

Viruses, bacterial infection

What is an emerging disease?

an infectious disease that has become increasingly common in humans within the last 20 years

White blood cells that carry out most of the immune system's functions all called ...

lymphocytes

GIve an example of a disease caused by a protozoan

malaria

Do you think that all microorganisms are pathogens

no

Infectious diseases caused by

pathogens

An epidemic refers to a disease that

Affects many people in one area

What is an epidemic? Pandemic

An unusually high occurrence of a disease in certain place during a certain time period. When an epidemic affects many areas of the world.

What type of cells produce antibodies

B cells & T cells

Why is it not good to share a drinking glass with someones

Because saliva is one of the most common ways to pass illnesses

Why do diseases emerge

Diseases can emerge when humans come into contact with infected animals

More people get the flu during the winter months than at any other time of year. Why do you think this is true

During winter more people are stuck inside in stuffy areas, unlike in summer