SOME COMMON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES ARE
• Communicable diseases spread through air, water, food, and touch.
Incubation Period:
• The gap of time between the entry of germs into the body and appearance of symptoms is called incubation period.
Malaria:
i. Fever
ii. Constant shivering
iii. Perspiration
iv. Headache
v. Body ache
vi. Vomitting
Measles:
i. Cough
ii. Fever
iii. Muscle pain
iv. Runny nose
v. Redness of the eyes
vi. Sore throat
Typhoid:
i. Severe headache
ii. Fever
iii. Dry white coated tongue
Cholera:
i. Vomitting
ii. Person feels very thirsty
iii. Severe watery diarrhoea
Tuberculosis:
i. Cough
ii. Loss of weight
iii. Excessive weakness
iv. Rapid pulse
v. Chest pain
Common cold:
i. Fever
ii. Cold
iii. Cough
iv. Sneezing
v. Headache
vi. Vomitting
Non-communicable Diseases:
• Diseases that do not spread from one person to another are called non-communicable diseases.
• Non communicable diseases are present at birth.
• They are linked to an individual’s life style.
• Some of the non-communicable diseases are caused due to the deficiency of a particular vitamin or mineral.
• These are called deficiency diseases.
Table 4: Deficiency diseases: