I’m SICK!!!!! Diseases

Disease types Bacterial Viral parasitic Hereditary Cancer

Bacterial disease Caused by varieties of bacteria which produce poisonous substances Can be killed with antibiotics Strep throat, botulism pneumonia

Viral disease Caused by minute living?? Viruses They work by injecting their own DNA into your cells DNA Your cell then produces viruses Cannot be killed with antibiotics, white blood cells are the only hope Rabies, ebola, colds

Parasitic Caused by a variety of small organisms like amoeba, roundworms,fungi etc. Antibiotics may kill these Humans sometimes accidental host Sleeping sickness, dysentery

Hereditary disease Genetic disease inherited from parents New forms of gene therapy and genetic engineering are helping Down syndrome, md

Cancer May be inherited or caused by a virus Cells that are dividing uncontrollably and crowding out normal cells If they break off and spread throughout the body, it is called malignant. Chemotherapy kills all dividing cells

Autoimmune diseases Immune system attacks own body-reasons unknown Examples MS-myelin destroyed Myasthenia gravis-enzyme that breaks down Ach is destroyed Lou Gehrig’s disease-motor nerves destroyed