2023 ATI COMMUNITY HEALTH
PROCTORED EXAM WITH
VERIFIED Qs AND As GRADED A++!!
CommonDiseasesin
Humans
What is Health?
● Health is the state of complete physical, mental, and social well
being.
● Health increases productivity and ensures
longevity.
● Ways toEnsureGoodHealth
● Balanced diet
● Personalhygiene
● Exercise
● Awarenessabout prevention and control of diseases
● Proper waste disposal and control of vectors
● Vaccination
Why do Diseases Occur?
● Genetic reasons− Innate deficiencies and inheritabled effects
● Infections
● Sedentary lifestyle− Junk food, consumptionof alcohols/drugs, lack
of exercise
,Pathogenic Diseases
● Pathogens are the parasites that enter the human body through
various means, then multiply, and interfere with normal vital
activities.
,Bacterial Diseases
● Typhoid
○ Pathogen− Salmonellatyphi
○ Spreads through− Contaminated food and water
○ Siteof infection− Small intestine
○ Symptoms− High fever, stomach pain, headache,
lossof appetite ,constipation, and intestinal perforations
in severecases
○ Confirmatory test − Widal test
● Pneumonia
○ Pathogens− Streptococcuspneumoniaeand
Haemophilusinfluenzae
○ Spreads through−
Droplets/aerosolsreleasedfrominfected person,
, Sharing of glasses or utensils
○ Site of infection − Alveoli (gets filled with fluid, difficulty
in breathing)
○ Symptoms− Fever, chills, cough, headache, lips and
nails become grey in severe cases
Viral Diseases
● Common cold
○ Pathogen− Rhinoviruses
○ Site of infection− Nose and respiratory passage
○ Spreads through−
Dropletsreleasedfromcoughingorsneezing,
orcontaminatedobjects
○ Symptoms− Nasal congestionanddischarge,
sorethroat, cough,headache, tiredness
ProtozoanDiseases
● Malaria
○ Pathogen− Plasmodiumsps. (P.vivax, P. falciparum, P. malaria)
○ Vector− FemaleAnophelesmosquito
○ Symptoms− Highgradefever, chills
● Amoebiasis
○ Pathogen− Entamoebahistolytica
○ Vector− Housefly
○ Siteof infection− Largeintestine
○ Symptoms− Constipation, abdominal pain, cramps,
stoolswithmucous,andbloodclots
PROCTORED EXAM WITH
VERIFIED Qs AND As GRADED A++!!
CommonDiseasesin
Humans
What is Health?
● Health is the state of complete physical, mental, and social well
being.
● Health increases productivity and ensures
longevity.
● Ways toEnsureGoodHealth
● Balanced diet
● Personalhygiene
● Exercise
● Awarenessabout prevention and control of diseases
● Proper waste disposal and control of vectors
● Vaccination
Why do Diseases Occur?
● Genetic reasons− Innate deficiencies and inheritabled effects
● Infections
● Sedentary lifestyle− Junk food, consumptionof alcohols/drugs, lack
of exercise
,Pathogenic Diseases
● Pathogens are the parasites that enter the human body through
various means, then multiply, and interfere with normal vital
activities.
,Bacterial Diseases
● Typhoid
○ Pathogen− Salmonellatyphi
○ Spreads through− Contaminated food and water
○ Siteof infection− Small intestine
○ Symptoms− High fever, stomach pain, headache,
lossof appetite ,constipation, and intestinal perforations
in severecases
○ Confirmatory test − Widal test
● Pneumonia
○ Pathogens− Streptococcuspneumoniaeand
Haemophilusinfluenzae
○ Spreads through−
Droplets/aerosolsreleasedfrominfected person,
, Sharing of glasses or utensils
○ Site of infection − Alveoli (gets filled with fluid, difficulty
in breathing)
○ Symptoms− Fever, chills, cough, headache, lips and
nails become grey in severe cases
Viral Diseases
● Common cold
○ Pathogen− Rhinoviruses
○ Site of infection− Nose and respiratory passage
○ Spreads through−
Dropletsreleasedfromcoughingorsneezing,
orcontaminatedobjects
○ Symptoms− Nasal congestionanddischarge,
sorethroat, cough,headache, tiredness
ProtozoanDiseases
● Malaria
○ Pathogen− Plasmodiumsps. (P.vivax, P. falciparum, P. malaria)
○ Vector− FemaleAnophelesmosquito
○ Symptoms− Highgradefever, chills
● Amoebiasis
○ Pathogen− Entamoebahistolytica
○ Vector− Housefly
○ Siteof infection− Largeintestine
○ Symptoms− Constipation, abdominal pain, cramps,
stoolswithmucous,andbloodclots
