SPREAD OF DISEASES

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Good day my follow steemians today i will love to write on the topic Spread of diseases,but first of all what is spread of diseases.
Spread of diseases are the different ways diseases are transferred from one person or animal to another.

WAYS OF SPREADING DISEASES

• Air.
• Food and water.
• Body contact.
• Animals.

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• Air: We can contact diseases when we breath in contaminated air. This occurs when an infection person coughs, sneezes or breath out germs which gets into the air and spreads. This type of disease is known as air-borne disease. Example are cough, conjunctivitis (Apollo) and cattarh.
• Food and water: We can also contact disease when we eat food or drink water that is contaminated. Out food and water can be contaminated through the these ways:
• By refusing to wash our fruit and vegetables before eating them.
• By drinking water directly from the river uncovered well an containers that are exposed to dust and files.
• By eating foods that have gone so spoilt or even expired.
  By eating with dirty dishes,cup and Cuttery. Example of disease contacted through food and water are cholera, typhiod, fever and dysentery.
• Body contact: We can contact disease when we share items such as clothes, Combs, shoes, razor, or sleep on the bed with an infected person. Example is such diseases are eczyma, lice, leprosy, ringworm, measles and chicken pox.
• Animals: Insects like houseflies, blackflies, cockroaches, tse-tseflies and mosquitoes spread disease such as typhiod, fever, cholera, malaria, yellow fever and sleeping sickness. Other animals such as worms, snakes, cat, mice and dogs also spread diseases like rabies, ringworm, etc.

PREVENTIVE MEASURES OF DISEASES
Disease preventive measures are ways and methods of reducing the spread of diseases from one person to another. The are also the methods used to avoid infection from animals and the environment.

Types of disease preventive measures

• Adequate nutrition.
• Clean environment.
• Safe water.
• Proper refuse disposal.
• Proper sewage disposal.
• Regular exercise.
• Good personal hygiene.
• Regular medical checkup for animals
• Good ventilation.

In conclusion i hope i have been able to talk about spread of diseases, we should always keep our body clean and healthy not to contact this diseases.

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