1. Introduction to Diseases
Unit 6 Lesson 1

2. Reminder Getting Started Objectives
We will correct the following assignments on Monday
Stress Management Packet
Body System Crossword
Getting Started
PICK UP: Intro to Diseases
WORK ON: Starter questions
Objectives
Explain the difference between infectious and non infectious diseases
Categorize non infectious diseases and infectious diseases
Demonstrate ways that non infectious diseases and infectious disease occur

3. Starter
With your partner come up with a possible answer to the following questions.
What do you think is the difference between a communicable and non communicable disease?
What can you do to protect yourself from diseases?

4. Diseases
A disease is any disorder that causes changes or damage to how the human body and/or mind work.
The study of disease is called pathology. Which includes the study of cause.

5. Diseases There are two different classifications of diseases:
Non Infectious
Infectious
Non Infectious Diseases are diseases that are not caused by a germ / pathogen and cannot be passed to another living thing.
Infectious Diseases are any diseases that is caused by an germ / pathogen that can pass from one living thing to another.

6. Diseases Sometimes people use another term for disease types.
Infectious Disease = Communicable
Non Infectious = Non Communicable
Communicable means able to be transmitted to another person

7. 1. Examples of Disease?
With your partner come up with three examples of each type of disease.
Communicable or Infectious
Non Commendable or Non Infectious

8. What is a Disorder
A disorder is a disruption to regular bodily structure and function.
Disorders can be classified into the following areas:
Mental/Emotional
Mental Illnesses
Physical/Structural
Genetic Disorder
Birth Defect

9. What is a Syndrome
A syndrome is a group of signs and symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder.

10. 2. What Type is It?
Now with your partner use any resource you can to sort the following into the correct classification.
You might need to read about the cause to understand what type of disease it is.
The following are good resources:
Textbook
CDC.gov
Mayo Clinic
Web MD

11. Allergies
Alzheimer’s
Arthritis
Asthma
Atherosclerosis
Bipolar
Cancer
Celiac
Cerebral Palsy
Common Cold
Cystic Fibrosis
Depression
Diabetes
Down’s
Epilepsy
FAS
Fibromyalgia
Gout
Hemophilia
Hepatitis
Hypertension
Irritable Bowel
Mononucleosis
Multiple Sclerosis
Muscular Dystrophy
Parkinson’s
Pneumonia
Rabies
Ringworm
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Sickle Cell
SIDS
Strep Throat
Stroke
Tourette’s
Toxic Shock
West Nile

12. Reminder Getting Started Objectives This is a three day week TAKE OUT:
Check myDSD often
If you are missing a test you need to make arrangement to come in and take the test.
Getting Started
TAKE OUT:
Stress Management Notes
Body System Crossword
Intro to Disease Packet
WORK ON:
Intro to Disease Sorting assignment
Take the quick check on Intro to diease
Objectives
Identify four types of infectious agents
Describe ways in which infections can spread
Explain ways to prevent the spread of germs
Explain how the immune system fights germs

13. What Type is It? - Answers
Infectious
Common Cold
Hepatitis
Mononucleosis
Pneumonia
Rabies
Ringworm
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Strep Throat
West Nile
Non Infectious
Allergies
Asthma
Atherosclerosis
Cancer
Diabetes
Gout
Hypertension
Multiple Sclerosis
Muscular Dystrophy
Stroke
Disorder
Alzheimer’s
Arthritis
Bipolar
Celiac
Carpel Tunnel
Depression
Fibromyalgia
Hemophilia
Parkinson’s
Epilepsy
Sickle Cell
Syndrome
Down’s
Fibromyalgia
Sudden Infant Death (SIDS)
Tourette’s
Fetal Alcohol (FAS)
Irritable Bowel
Toxic Shock

14. 3. Quick Check
If you were bit by an insect and then got sick this would be an example of an ____________________ disease.
Most mental illnesses are classified as _____________________.
A ________________ is a group of signs and symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder.

15. 3. Quick Check
If you were bit by an insect and then got sick this would be an example of an INFECTIOUS disease.
Most mental illnesses are classified as DISORDERS.
A SYNDROME is a group of signs and symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder.