Disease Awareness & Safety tips - Part 3

June 18,2021

Last week I posted the Part-1 and Part-2 of this article. You may check it before reading this.

Objectives:

1. Discuss some diseases that may affect your health

2. Prevention and awareness of the diseases

Diseases

1. PNEUMONIA

- This is a respiratory disease caused by certain kind of bacteria. It is the inflammation of the lungs.

- The disease is more common in childhood and old age, and in those with disease immune systems (eg. diabetics, AIDS victims, alcoholics).

- Pneumonia can be life threatening.

SYMPTOMS

1. Chills and severe pain in the chest;

2. High fever, sweating, chills;

3. Breathing becomes difficult and fast;

4. Tiredness, weakness;

5. Cough, phlegm, (blood stained, green or yellow), in some cases;

6. Dizziness and vomiting

7. Sweats plentifully and sinks into a deep sleep;

8. Headache, body aches, tiredness; and

9. Blue-lips, in sever cases.

CAUSES

Lung infection by bacteria, viruses, or other organisms (fungi, mycoplasma, protozoa).

WHAT YOU SHOULD DO

1. Careful treatment of colds, coughs and chilling.

2. Take appropriate anti-fever and cough medicines.

3. Avoid staying out in the cold or in damp place without enough protection.

4. Do steam inhalations to loosen a congested nose and make the explosion of mucus easier

5. Kung hindu paring talaga . It's good to consult a doctor immediately

PREVENTION TIPS

Immunization with pneumococcal vaccine.

2.TUBERCULOSIS (TB)

- It is better known as TB

- a highly contagious bacterial infection usually affecting the lungs.

- This diseases is the mOst common cause of death in the Philippines.

- Today, with new discoveries

in medicine, TB in its early stages can be cured.

- As in other diseases, however, prevention is better than cure.

- A less common type of TB, which comes from contaminated cow s milk, attacks the lymphatic System, other organs, or bones.

- In both types of TB, however, infection usually spreads to other parts of the body. The disease is transmitted via airborne droplets, particularly when there is repeated expose. TB attacks those whose body resistance is weak (e.g. young children, the elderly, AlIDS victims).

- Left untreated, TB can be Fatal

SYMPTOMS

1. Fever

2. Sweating, especially at night.

3. Malaise

4. tiredness, weakness

5.Poor appetite

TB OF THE LUNGS

1. Chronic cough

2. Blood in the sputum

3. Chest pain

4.Shortness of breath

5. Swelling in the neck due to enlarged lymph nodes

TB OF THE INTESTINES

1.Abdominal pain due to chronic indigestion.

2. Chronic diarrhea.

3. Weight loss.

Causes

Infection with Mycobacterium Tuberculosis or, rarely, Mycobacterium Bovis, Which comesfrom infected cows

WHAT YOU SHOULD DO

1.Eat balanced diet of food, plenty of fresh air and sunshine and sufficient rest.

2.Do not drink alcohol. Stop smoking

3. Inform members of your family and people with whom you are in close contact of the infection and convince them to see a doctor as well

4.Take prescribe course of medication without fail. If you interrupt or stop medication too early, you may develop drug resistant tuberculosis.

5. Consult a doctor if you think you have tuberculosis.

Prevention.

1. Immunization at birth with BCG vaccine. A booster dose may be given at 12 or 16 years of age.

2.Immunization of adults who live in close contact with one who is inactive case of TB

DENGUE FEVER

(dengue hemorrhagic Fever)

- Also known, as "H-fever" which is an acute viral infection.

- It transmitted to humans by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito.

- It breeds in places where there is stagnant water.

- One of the symptoms is extreme muscle pain.

- Dengue hemorrhagic fever, a serve form of the disease that affects children and young people causes heavy bleeding and can be fatal

SYMPTOMS

1. Most Most the early symptoms of dengue fever/ dengue hemorrhagic fever are similar to those of flu High fever

2. Rash /skin flush;

3.Bone and muscle aches;

4.Cough and runny nose;

5.Burning sensation and redness in the eyes

6. Diarrhea

DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER ONLY:

1. Abdominal pain and vomiting (lasting 2-4 days).

2. Severe bleeding -nosebleeds, bleeding from the gums and under the skin, vomiting of blood, rectal (back passage) bleeding, black stool, internal bleeding.

3. Red pinprick-sized spots on the skin due to spontaneous bleeding

Prevention tips

1. Get rid of stagnant water in your premises, e.g. canals where the aedes aegypti mosquito can breed.

2. Disrupt possible breeding places e.g. water vases, drums, tin cans and containers and unused old tires with water.

Closing thoughts

It's always good to share with you some knowledge and awareness of your health and diseases. I really hop e na makatulong po ito sa inyo.

Though I am not not expert but I have some knowledge po about this and I have learned from school. If meron pong hindi tama comment lang po hehe.

Godbless!!

-Lejay28

Source:

https://www.sfcdcp.org/communicable-disease/healthy-habits/