General Prevention Of Communicable Disease JSS3 Physical & Health Education Lesson Note

GENERAL PREVENTION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE

(1)      Wash your hands properly before eating and after using the toilet

(2)      Ensure quarantine regulation

(3)      Maintain personal cleanliness,

(4)      Ensure good environmental sanitation in and around the house.

(5)       Cook your foods well before you eat them

(6)      Keep your fingers clean and cut short fingernails.

(7)      Treat wounds and sores and never leave them exposed

(8)      Fumigate your surroundings regularly

(9)      Regular medical checkup is very important

 (B)  Non-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES:- are diseases that cannot be transmitted from one person to another. They have many causes but are never caused by germs, bacteria, or other living organisms that attack the body.

They are rather caused by;

1.         Atomic fallouts
2.         Chemical fallout
3.       Physiological failures of the tissues
4.    Brain damage
5.  Dietary imbalance
6.  Malnutrition
7.     Heredity

 EXAMPLES OF NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES ARE THE FOLLOWING;

-Rheumatism

-Heart-attack

-Epileptic

-Stroke

-Cataract

-Cancer

-Snake-bite

-Ulcer

-Alcoholism

-Obesity

-Asthma

-Marasmus

-Anaemia

-Goitre

-Kwashiorkor

-Crossed eye

-Epilepsy

-Retarded brain

-Neurosis

-Psychosis

-Birthmark etc

 PREVENTION OF NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

1.         By engaging in physical exercise
2.        Eat a balanced diet
3.       Do not live in a dusty environment
4.     Live a healthy lifestyle
5.       Do not be driven into stress
6.     Maintain personal cleanliness
7.       Have a regular medical check-up
8.     Avoid a sedentary or careless lifestyle
9.     Avoid overworking yourself. Etc

EVALUATION

1.       Differentiate between communicable diseases and non-communicable diseases
2.       Define disease
3.       Outline (7) disease, causative agent
4.       Outline (5) ways of preventing communicable from spreading

ASSIGNMENT

Find out the meaning of the following non-communicable diseases

Neurosis

Stroke

Asthma

Cancer

Cataract

Rheumatism