Write about various preventing measures to cure infectious diseases.
Write about various preventing measures to cure infectious diseases.
Iinfectious illness prevention can be accomplished in two ways:
(1) Preventing infectious infections in general:
(i) Sanitation: The main sources of disease-causing organisms are garbage heaps, dirty water, dusty foods, and flies. Diseases can be prevented by maintaining a sanitary environment.
(ii) Vector eradication: Vector-borne diseases can be avoided by maintaining a clean environment. Vector breeding sites should be eliminated, and adult vectors should be killed using appropriate procedures.
(iii) Sterilization: The patient's surroundings, as well as any items used by him or her, should be sanitized. Wherever necessary, soap, phenyl, Dettol, and antiseptic lotion can be utilized.
(iv) Isolation: A person with an infectious disease should be maintained in isolation to prevent others from contracting the condition.
(v) Education: People should be informed about infectious diseases so that they can protect themselves from them.
(vi) Access to proper (nutritious) and sufficient food: Having access to proper (nutritious) and sufficient food would help people stay healthy and resist infections.
(2) Specific methods of infectious illness prevention:
- They have to do with a special characteristic of the immune system, which is responsible for fighting microbial infections.
- The immune system of the body reacts the first time an infectious germ enters the body.
- It is then specifically remembered by the immune system.
- As a result, the following time the same microorganism infects the same person, the immune system responds with greater vigour and eliminates the infection faster than the first time.
- This is the foundation of the immunization principle.
Iinfectious illness prevention can be accomplished in two ways:
(1) Preventing infectious infections in general:
(i) Sanitation: The main sources of disease-causing organisms are garbage heaps, dirty water, dusty foods, and flies. Diseases can be prevented by maintaining a sanitary environment.
(ii) Vector eradication: Vector-borne diseases can be avoided by maintaining a clean environment. Vector breeding sites should be eliminated, and adult vectors should be killed using appropriate procedures.
(iii) Sterilization: The patient's surroundings, as well as any items used by him or her, should be sanitized. Wherever necessary, soap, phenyl, Dettol, and antiseptic lotion can be utilized.
(iv) Isolation: A person with an infectious disease should be maintained in isolation to prevent others from contracting the condition.
(v) Education: People should be informed about infectious diseases so that they can protect themselves from them.
(vi) Access to proper (nutritious) and sufficient food: Having access to proper (nutritious) and sufficient food would help people stay healthy and resist infections.
(2) Specific methods of infectious illness prevention:
- They have to do with a special characteristic of the immune system, which is responsible for fighting microbial infections.
- The immune system of the body reacts the first time an infectious germ enters the body.
- It is then specifically remembered by the immune system.
- As a result, the following time the same microorganism infects the same person, the immune system responds with greater vigour and eliminates the infection faster than the first time.
- This is the foundation of the immunization principle.
