1. IllnessSore throat. What causes it?Bacteria. How is it spread? From person to person, by kissing or coughing. What are the symptoms?Sore throat. How is it treated? No treatment is normally given. The body kills the bacteria.

2. IllnessFood poisoning. What causes it?Bacteria. How is it spread? By eating infected food that hasn’t been cooked properly. What are the symptoms? Headache, stomach pain, sickness, diarrhoea, sometimes shivering and fever. How is it treated? Medicines are only given if the bacteria has spread to the blood.

3. IllnessCommon cold. What causes it?Over 200 different viruses. How is it spread? From person to person, by coughing, sneezing, kissing or in crowds. What are the symptoms? Sore throat, runny nose, coughs and sneezes. How is it treated? No treatment, only relief from the symptoms.

4. IllnessFlu. What causes it?Virus. How is it spread? Airborne droplets from coughing and sneezing, also kissing. What are the symptoms? Fever, chills, aching joints and muscles, sore throat and runny nose. How is it treated? No treatment, only relief from the symptoms.

5. IllnessMeasles. What causes it?Virus. How is it spread?Airborne droplets. What are the symptoms? Fever, rash and cold-like symptoms. How is it treated? No treatment, only relief from the symptoms.

6. IllnessChickenpox What causes it?Virus. How is it spread? Airborne droplets or by direct contact with infected people. What are the symptoms? Slight fever and a rash that develops into sores and blisters. How is it treated? No treatment, only relief from the symptoms.

7. IllnessTetanus (lockjaw) What causes it?Bacteria. How is it spread? Found in soil and dust and gets into body through cuts. What are the symptoms? Muscle spasms and tightening that can lead to inability to open mouth or breath. How is it treated? Immediate treatment with antibodies and vaccination.

8. IllnessTuberculosis (TB) What causes it?Bacteria. How is it spread? Airborne droplets from person to person by coughing, sneezing or speaking. What are the symptoms? Bad cough and chest pain. Coughing up blood. Tiredness, fever and muscle weakness. How is it treated? Antibiotics, taken for 6 to 9 months.

9. IllnessHIV (AIDS) What causes it?Virus. How is it spread? Contaminated blood and other body fluids. What are the symptoms? Fever, rash, cold-like symptoms and swollen glands that last for over three weeks. How is it treated? No treatment, only antiviral drugs that can slow down the progress of the virus.

10. IllnessMumps. What causes it?Virus. How is it spread? Airborne droplets from coughing and sneezing, also kissing. What are the symptoms? Very swollen glands in the neck and mild cold-like symptoms. How is it treated? No treatment, only relief from the symptoms.