Effects Of Disease And How To Protect Against Disease........10% beneficiary to campusconnectng
We live in an environment where we come into contact with millions of germs everyday that's why it's very important that we do our utmost to protect ourselves against all sorts of disease. Most times it's better to prevent the disease itself than cure it as we have seen many of the emerging viruses and bacteria doesn't have a cure that's why we do need to take proper care.
When we talk about disease it has a scientific name to it and disease is known as pathogens and most infectious disease is caused by a pathogen which is to say any infectious disease is caused by a pathogen. We come in contact with many everyday some are not very harmful while some are only able to cause minor discomfort to the body which disapears with time and some are really infectious and deadly so then anything that causes harm or discomfort or disrupts the way the normal body is supposed to function is known as disease.
Examples of pathogens; bacteria, virus, fungi and parasite. These are all examples of pathogens that often enters the body and makes the structure of the human body dysfunctional often leaving us sick and it's worth noting that humans are not only the ones affected by disease as both plants and animals are also affected by disease causing organism which is capable of causing damages.
Who Is At Risk Of getting Infected By Pathogens: well like I mentioned earlier we are all at risk every living organisms is at risk of being infected by this pathogens which are so small that it often escapes the naked eyes, yes we can't see them except with the use of miscrope.
This pathogens are everywhere at all times, where we sit, where we touch, even in the goods we buy at the market and so on and so forth so we are all at risk of being infected both plants and animals and every human being whether old or young inrrespective of the gender and our social status we all run the risk of being infected by pathogens that's why we should take proper care.
Disease is what disrupt the normal way our body suppose to function and we have two major types of disease and they are;
Infectious Disease: This are diseases that often or easily transmit from one person to another, it could be easily spread often causes by pathogens and we can get infected from mere contact with an infected person or it could also be spread through air, water or the food we eat. Examples include malaria, Hiv/Aids, tuberculosis etc.
Non-infectious Disease: Unlike infections disease this type of disease does not spread or transmit by contact with an infected person infact it is safe to say this type of disease does not have any modes of transmission and such includes things like cancer, diabetes, heart disorders etc and this type of disease has a higher chances of ending the lives of any human.
Well on the global scale disease has indeed brought untold death to the human society, each year millions die from both infectious and non-infectious disease, now the deaths caused by infectious disease is more let's take for instance the case of the covied-19 virus its believed that since it outbreak it has claimed the lives of more than 6million and counting not to talk of the untold damages it caused and we are still feeling the ripple effect of our economy today as many economic of the world has been on recession.
Yes disease is something that is very bad and has done more damages on the global scale especially infections disease which causes alot of effect on the human society as it often leads to untold number of deaths to the working force of the society sometimes also making the countries to put a halt to trade in other to curtail the outbreak which also hurt the economy not to talk of the billions in dollars often spent in quests to look for a cure to this ailments.
So it's clear that this disease do not only claim millions of lives but often damages the economy of a nation as well while leaving many jobless. Whenever there is an outbreak of new virus in history the death toll is alarmingly high, let's take for instance in the case of the spanish influenza during the first world war it's believe that apart from those killed by weapons of war itself the death caused by this influenza from 1918 to 1919 it's estimated to be about 500million in just a year not to talk about other outbreaks in history and more recently covid-19 which claimed millions of lives.
So indeed the effects of disease is clearly felt in the globe whether infectious or non-infectious for instance cancer a non-infectious disease is believed to be responsible for the death in the of 10million persons each year, the point is the effects of disease is greatly felt in the globe no one will say they haven't felt its effect on the globe.
Well it's true it's very hard to dictate the next outbreak or to even prevent it honestly but what little role can we play in protecting our bodies or better preventing this disease.
Regularly Washing of hands
We should also take care to keep our personal things only to ourselves
We should disinfect our homes from time to times like the toilet especially
We should avoid harmful habit like smoking
We should make sure we have a healthy eating habit
Regular exercising of the body we also help our body in fighting against diseases
We should get checked up from time to time and shouldn't wait until when we are actually I'll
Getting proper and enough sleep atleast as an adult up to 7-8hours of sleep
We need to manage our body weight
Before cooking wash your hands and after eating, also wash your hands after coming in contact with people
We should not avoid drinking but atleast have it in check not to give in to excessive drinking. Etc
This are some of the way we can play a part in preventing or protecting ourselves against diseases
It's no surprise the danger pathogens pose on us so we should be ready and don't let ourselves be ignorant and should always look for ways to educate ourselves so we stay ready to fight off viruses at all time.
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