DISEASES

INFECTIOUS

• You can transmit these types of diseases through the air(sneezing, coughing, etc.)
• Aids
• Flu
• Athletes foot
• Strep Throat

AIDS

• You can catch aids through blood transfusions, kissing, sharing needles, or exchanging bodily fluids with someone who has aids
• You can prevent aids by making sure you don't share needles, and make sure that you don't get blood from someone who has aids
• where the body undergoes loss of cellular immunity, causing a vulnerability towards other sicknesses

ATHLETE'S FOOT

• a fungal infection affecting the skin between the toes. It is a form of ringworm.
• From having wet/damp socks and shoes and being in humid places
• This can be prevented by drying your feet/changing your socks, and not touching the shoes/socks of someone with athletes foot.

STREP THROAT

• It is a infection with a germ called Group A Streptoccos
• Is caused by bacteria in the throat.
• Can be cured by taking antibiotics
• Symptoms: cough, sore throat, spitting of mucus

FLU

• Viral infection
• Can not be cured only symptoms can be cured
• Sypmtoms: fever, runny nose, headache, body aches

COLD

• Viral infection
• Can not be cured, only symptoms can be cured
• Symptoms: runny nose, headache, sore throat

NONINFECTIOUS

DIABETES

• 2 types: you're born with it or you get it
• How you get it: your pancreas stops working and insulin is very low in blood
• Thirst, hunger, frequent urination, nerve pain

PARKINSON'S DISEASE

• Born with it(genetic)
• Starts with nerve damage and then progresses to muscle damage
• Muscle spasms, nerve pain, decrease in motor skills, deterioration of body and eventually the mind

SKIN CANCER

• Caused by overexposure to the sun or tanning beds
• Can be frozen or surgically removed
• Is a abnorml growth of skin cells which cn be hazardous to the body

ASTHMA

• Genetic or caused by allergies
• Affects the respiratory system
• Causes wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, mucus in lungs
• Acts up during certain weather, allergy season, when exercising