Explain the principles of preventions of infectious disease
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While treating an infection or a disease, three limitations are generally faced. These three limitations are as follows:
1.Someone had a disease which completely damaged his body functions to an extent that it can’t be recovered.
2.A person suffering from some ailment might be bedridden for some time because it takes time to cure any disease
3.A person suffering from some disease might spread the infection to other people as well
Therefore, it is necessary to prevent certain diseases beforehand.
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Principles of prevention are:
• The best way is 'PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE'.
• The two methods of prevention is:
- Preventing expose to Infectious diseases.
- Strengthening the immune system.
1. Preventing expose to Infectious agents:
Airborne disease => Avoiding crowded places and clean environment.
Foodborne diseases => By eating hygienic food.
Waterborne diseases => Safe and pure drinking water.
Lifestyle diseases => By eating balanced diet.
Vector-borne diseases => Clean surrounding and maintaining public hygiene.
2. Strengthening of immune system:
• The foreign substance or germs that enter our body and cause diseases are called antigen.
• The immune system recognizes the antigen and produces antibodies to kill or neutralise antigens.
• The ability of a body to resist a disease with the help of antibodies is called immunity.
• By vaccination the immune system can be strengthened.
• The vaccines are available for enhancing our immune system against various diseases like polio, chicken pox and measles.