Mumps
Mumps
is a contagious disease that causes painful swelling in front and below
the ears. Mumps is caused by a virus in the salvia of a person who is infected.
Symptoms start to appear about 18 days after the victim is infected with
the disease. They include headache, fever, muscle ache, and sometimes
vomiting.
Measles
The measles are a disease that causes a pink rash
all over the body. They are extremely contagious.
This disease occurs mostly in children, but some young adults can catch
it too. Few people in Canada and the United States die from the measles.
This disease kills many people that live in undernourished and in developing
countries. The medical name for the measles is Rubeolla. German
measles, known as Rubeolla is a different disease, but has similar symptoms.
Cholera
Cholera is an intestine disorder. It is caused
by comma bacterium called Vibrio Choleraev it is common in southern Asia
and occurs in other parts of the world. It usually occurs because
of unclean water or food.
Diphtheria
Diphtheria
is a disease contagious to the upper respiratory area or skin. Most
of the victims are under the age of 10. In the 1800’s the disease
swept the U.S.A.
This disease is caused by a bacteria which
causes soar throat, fever, coughing, sneezing, and swelling in the neck.
After the disease it can affect the heart, kidneys, and the nervous system.
It also affects the nerves and muscles of the eyes and throat infection
will break off skin. If it is not treated it could block the breathing
passage. Also permanent heart damage sometimes.
Small
Pox
Small Pox is caused by a virus. It has killed
many, blinded, scarred innocent people. It spreads through the air
because it is a virus people inhale it and catch it. After about 10-12
days the victim will notice that they have it. The victim will get
pimples that grow larger, form puss, and pop. Then a scab will form
over the pimple and fall off 3-4 weeks latter.
It has killed 20% of its victims. Long ago they used to have no cure,
but now days you can get a shot. When the settlers came to America
they carried the disease and the Native Americans caught it. Many
of them died. The disease was almost all over the world in the 1940’s,
but in 1971 almost all children in the U.S.A. were vaccinated including
infants. In 1967 the World Health organization got rid of Small pox in
Africa, Asia, and South America. Finally in May 1980 Small Pox was officially
gone.
Tuberculosis
TB affects the lungs or other organs. The
shorter name for Tuberculosis is TB. In the past it was called consumption.
It was once ranked most common cause of death. The years were
the 1940’s, 1950’s, and 1985. Droplets of moister on the lungs can
cause coughing and sneezing. The droplets contain Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
bacteria. It can be caused by eating food or drinking milk
with bacteria in it. Blood veils carry the disease to other organs
of the body. other symptoms are coughing up blood and phlegm, chest
pain, fever, sweating at night, fatigue, and loss of appetite.
Scarlet
Fever
Scarlet Fever was a big disease in the 1950’s.
It was named scarlet fever because you get bright red skin. Its not common
now days. You may get infections in your throat and on your skin.
The toxin hurts your skin, surface of the throat, and tongue. It
is caused by bacteria called A-beta-hemolyticstrep-tococc(Streptococcus).
It comes with strep throat. symptoms are soar throat, headache, fever,
and pain in the neck. People notice victims are sick after
a day or two. the disease makes big red Goose bumps, a red tongue
strawberry tongue. After a couple days the skin on your fingers,
palms, toes, and soles of your feet. Your tongue also peels leaving
a red rough tongue called raspberry tongue. The disease usually is
gone 2 weeks. Some get kidney disease from it.
Influenza
You
get the chills, fever, headache, aches, weakness, infections, bacteria.
Pneumonia respiratory disease virus is inhaled when you get it, it spreads
deep in the lungs it infects cells, some treatment causes 2nd dray infections,
occur in epidemics. Cold causes the flu often. In winter 20
million included 500,000 Americans died because of the flu 1918- 1919.
Some flu cases catch to certain animals.
Pneumonia
In 1988 350,000 children were hit with Polio,
a viral disease that causes paralysis and was tins away of muscles.
In that year the World Health Organization deter mined wipeout the disease
globally Beginning vaccinations. By 2001, fewer than 500 cases were
reported world wide. Polio attacks the brain. No drug has yet
been found
Polio
Polio is caused
by a virus. Polio is spread by not washing your hands after using
the bathroom. Many people do not even know that they have had polio.
You might have
a sore throat, fever, upset stomach or even throw up. Others will
have those symptoms and a stiff neck, legs and back. The worst case
of polio is when it can cause permanent weakness or even paralyze legs,
arms or both. There is no cure for polio.
Pertussis
(sometimes
called "Whooping Cough")
Pertussis
is caused by a bacteria. It is very contagious and is spread through
the air. In the first couple of weeks that you have pertussis, you
might think that you just have a cold. Next, you can get the fast
coughing. A person with pertussis will cough long and hard.
When they try to breath in air they sometimes make a whooping sound.
Even after the cough goes away, it can come back. If the person would
get another illness, pertussis will come right back. This might happen
for many months after a person feels better. This disease is very
dangerous for babies and small children.
Mumps photo:
http://www.immunize.org/images/ca.d/ipcd1861/img0016.htm
Diphtheria photo:
http://www.immunize.org/images/ca.d/ipcd1861/img0002.htm
Polio photo:
http://www.immunize.org/images/ca.d/ipcd1861/img0009.htm
Smallpox photo:
http://www.immunize.org/images/slides/slide27a.jpg
Influenza photo:
http://www.immunize.org/images/slides/slide25a.jpg
Measles1 photo
http://www.immunize.org/images/ca.d/ipcd1861/img0011.htm
Pertussis photo:
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