usefull information on common sicknesses

2. SWINE FLU/SWINE INFLUENZA

3. HOW DO YOU GET IT??
Swine fluis a respiratory illness of pigs caused by infection with swine
influenza A virus (SIV) that can occasionally affect humans
The way to get it today is from a mosquito carrying the virus and that same
mosquito sucking your blood

4. HOW IS IT TRANSMITTED?
The most common way to get the swine flu is by a mosquito sucking your
blood while carrying this flu
Also can be trans mitted from coming in contact with pigs that have the
swine flu

5. IS THERE A CURE?
There is no outright cure, however, by resting and taking the usual
precautions you do when you have flu, and also the medication
Oseltamivir, that most people know as the brand name "Tamiflu" has
almost certainly proved to rid the disease in every case

6. COUNTRY MOST AT RISK?
The most deaths by this flu have been found in Mexico where it is very hard
for Mexican doctors to even diagnose the disease, let alone try to cure
it.

7. BACTRIA OR VIRAL?
Since the swine flu is influenza this disease is a viral

8. CONTAGIOUS RATE?
The swine flu has a slightly higher contagious rate than the regular flu

9. HOW DANGEROUS IS THE SWINE FLU?
The swine flu can be very fatal you can defiantly die from the disease if
nothing done if you take regular prosjors when you have the regular flu

10. RECOVERY TIME/RATE?
After about three days, those symptoms usually
subside, although this can vary from one
individual to another. Yet not until you've been
without fever for 24 hours without the use of
fever-reducing medications should you head
back to work or school.

11. WHAT CURE IS OUT THERE?
Unfortunaly there is no cure for the swine flu all you can do is treat is a
regular flu

12. LIFE EXPECTANCY?
Almost all the people had something wrong with them before they got a
serious case of swine flu if you are healthy there is nothing to worry
about. Think about it there are about 60 million people in the UK and
there were very few serious cases and even fewer deaths

13. SYMPTOMS?
swine flu:
unusual tiredness.
headache.
runny nose.
sore throat.
shortness of breath or cough.
loss of appetite.
aching muscles.
diarrhoea or vomiting.

14. COMMENTS?
I think it would be really scary to have this disease because all you can do
is treat as a normal flu and hope you don’t die….

15. ASTHMA/EPISODIC DISEASE OF THE AIRWAYS

16. HOW IS IT TRANSMITTED?
Asthma is a condition so the only to get it if it runs in your famliy or your
just unheathy and unlucky..

17. HOW DO YOU GET IT??
If asthma run if your family you are very likely to get this condition

18. IS THERE A CURE?
There is not a cure from asthma the only way to relive the pain and being
able to breath you can to medicine or you can go running

19. COUNTRY MOST AT RISK?
Asthma is a public health problem not just for high-income countries; it
occurs in all countries regardless of the level of development. Most
asthma-related deaths occur in low- and lower-middle income
countries.

20. BACTRIA OR VIRAL?
Asthma is not a virus or a bacteria. It is a chronic lung condition that is
characterized by airway constriction and inflammation. Asthma is not a
contagious disease.

21. CONTAGIOUS RATE?
Asthma is not contagious you get this condition from genes

22. HOW DANGEROUS IS THE ASTHMA?
Asthma is extremely dangerous you can die from just one asthma attack if
not treated right away to allow breathing

23. RECOVERY TIME/RATE?
You uaslly grow out of this condition when you go into your teen yours

24. WHAT CURE IS OUT THERE?
No there is no cure for asthma you ether receive medical help or can go
running

25. LIFE EXSAPCY?
If you are generally active, eat a healthy diet and stay away from
substances such as recreational drugs, there is no reason to expect to
live a shorter life. However, if you are overweight, consume a lot of fat in
your diet and use drugs, you will likely struggle later in life for obvious
reasons.

26. SYMPTOMS?
Coughing, especially at night, with exercise, or when laughing.
Trouble breathing.
A tight feeling in the chest.
Wheezing – a squeaky or whistling sound.

27. COMMENTS?
Well I think this is one of the more scary one cause you cant even breath
and what if you have a asthma attack out no where and no one knows
what's wrong with you and its not like you can tell them what's going on

28. EPILEPSY

29. HOW IS IT TRANSMITTED?
depending on the reason. If the person has
epilepsy becasue of an brain injury at birth or
after no. but there are other reasons for
seizures.

30. HOW DO YOU GET IT??
Epilepsy and seizures can develop in any person
at any age. Seizures and epilepsy are more
common in young children and older people.

31. IS THERE A CURE?
There is currently no cure for epilepsy, but there
are ways to keep seizures under control.

32. COUNTRY MOST AT RISK?
Epilepsy is a chronic disorder of the brain that
affects people in every country of the world.

33. BACTRIA OR VIRAL?
No. Epilepsy is not an infectious disease that you
can catch from someone or through a virus. It is
a physical ailment, affecting electronic activity
in the brain

34. CONTAGIOUS RATE?
There is no contagious rate you cant catch
epilepsy from someone

35. HOW DANGEROUS EPILEPSY?
Epilepsy can be very dangerous you can die from
a single seizers

36. RECOVERY TIME/RATE?
You cant recover from this condition

37. WHAT CURE IS OUT THERE?
There is no cure for epilepsy though depending
on how you got it you can have surgery

38. LIFE EXPECTANCY?
Reduction in life expectancy can be up to 2 years
for people with a diagnosis of
idiopathic/cryptogenic epilepsy, and the
reduction can be up to 10 years in people with
symptomatic epilepsy.

39. SYMPTOMS?
The main symptoms of epilepsy are repeated
seizures. There are many different types of seizure,
depending on the area of the brain affected. People
with epilepsy can experience any variety of
seizure,

40. COMMENTS?
When I was looking this up im surprised that there
are other types of seizers besides jerking
uncontrollably like spacing out,breif loss of
conceiness,loss of muscle tone and more!

41. CHICKEN POX/VARICELLA

42. HOW DO YOU GET IT??
Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus
which also causes shingles.

43. HOW IS IT TRANSMITTED?
Chickenpox is spread through direct contact with
an infected person or indirectly through an
infected person's cough or sneeze.

44. IS THERE A CURE?
There is no cure for chickenpox, and the virus
usually clears up by itself without any treatment.
However, there are ways of easing the itch and
discomfort, and there are important steps you can
take to stop chickenpox spreading.

45. COUNTRY MOST AT RISK?
There are about 90 deaths a year from chickenpox
in the United States.

46. BACTRIA OR VIRAL?
contagious infection caused by the varicella
zoster virus

47. CONTAGIOUS RATE?
If exposed, a person who has not already had the
disease or a vaccine has an eighty percent
chance or higher of contracting the virus. It
takes roughly two to three weeks for an infected
person to develop symptoms.

48. HOW DANGEROUS IS CHICKEN POX?
Most children with chickenpox completely
recover. But it can be serious, even fatal, for
babies, adults, people with weakened immune
systems, and other groups. Be proactive. Get
vaccinated if you are not protected against
chickenpox.

49. RECOVERY TIME/RATE?
Children can return to school or daycare after
about 1 week. All of the blisters should be scabbed
before they go back. The scabs do not have to fall
off. Dark spots from chicken pox will usually fade in
6-12 months.

50. WHAT CURE IS OUT THERE?
Over-the-counter Medications. Use non-aspirin
medications, such as acetaminophen, to relieve
fever from chickenpox.

51. LIFE EXSAPCY?
Normally, people recover fully from chickenpox
and it does not affect life expectancy.

52. SYMPTOMS?
The general symptoms of chickenpox can include
fever, fatigue, headache, dehydration, itchiness
and a blister-like rash that begins on the face
and trunk of the body. The rash usually spreads
to the rest of the body.
.

53. COMMENTS?
I have never had chickenpox but I hear it really
itchy but is you scratch it will get worse I
defiantly don’t want this disease

54. DIABETES/ DIABETES MELLITUS

55. HOW DO YOU GET IT??
The only way to get this if its in your genes

56. HOW IS IT TRANSMITTED?
The condition can be transmitted by the parents
genes having diabetes

57. IS THERE A CURE?
o. Natural therapies such as deep abdominal
breathing, progressive muscle relaxation,
guided imagery, and biofeedback can help
relieve stress. And emotional stress affects
your blood Nsugar levels. So learning to relax is
important in managing your diabetes.

58. COUNTRY MOST AT RISK?
Given the association between diabetes and TB
and projected increases in diabetes worldwide

59. BACTRIA OR VIRAL?
diabetes is not a viral, bacterial or other infectious
disease. It is a metabolic disorder

60. CONTAGIOUS RATE?
Diabetes is not contagious at all

61. HOW DANGEROUS IS DIABETES?
Diabetes is a “slow subtle killer” usually with
initially little to no pain. From the onset it can
oh-so-slowly rob you of your quality of life
without much notice … at least at first … even
for years! Often it progresses so slowly that by
the time many people realize how far and how
bad it has become it’s simply too late.

62. RECOVERY TIME/RATE?
You always have diabetes

63. WHAT CURE IS OUT THERE?
A cure has yet to be discovered

64. LIFE EXSAPCY?
People with type 1 diabetes have
traditionally lived shorter lives, with life
expectancy having been quoted as being
reduced by over 20 years.

65. SYMPTOMS?
Frequent urination
Excessive thirst
Increased hunger
Weight loss
Tiredness
Lack of interest and concentration
A tingling sensation or numbness in the hands or feet
Blurred vision
Frequent infections
Slow-healing wounds
Vomiting and stomach pain (often mistaken as the flu)

66. COMMENTS?
I would hate to have this disease what did
you say I cant eat what I want?.....guess
im going to die today