1. Infectious Diseases you may encounter
Key Standard 7 – Infectious Diseases

2. Viral : Hepatitis B
is an infectious inflammatory illness of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus(HBV)
The virus is transmitted by exposure to infectious blood or body fluids such as semen and vaginal fluids.
Risk Factors:
Tattoos
Acupuncture
Extended trips overseas
Working in health care

3. Viral : Shingles
is characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a limited area on one side of the body, often in a stripe.
It can become latent in the nerve cells without causing any symptoms.
Risk Factors:
Had chickenpox

4. Parasites : Scabies
is a contagious skin infection that occurs among humans and other animals. It is caused by a tiny and usually not directly visible mite, which burrows under the host's skin, causing intense allergic itching.
Risk Factors:
Skin-to-skin contact with an infected person or object.

5. Parasites : Hookworm is one of the most common roundworm of humans.
Risk Factors:
Hookworm infections often occur in areas where human feces are used as fertilizer or where defecation onto soil happens.

6. Fungi : Blastomycosis
The fungus lives in moist soil and in association with decomposing organic matter such as wood and leaves. Lung infection can occur after a person inhales airborne, microscopic fungal spores from the environment.
Risk Factors:
Living in Mississippi or the Ohio Valley areas

7. Fungi : Fungal Karatitis
is an inflammation of the cornea (the clear, front part of the eye) and is often caused by an infection.
Risk Factors:
Recent eye trauma
Contact use
Weakened immune system

8. Protozoan's : Sleeping Sickness
caused by the protozoa trypanosoma brucei, is transmitted by the tsetse fly.
Risk Factors:
Being in underdeveloped countries.

9. Protozoan’s : Toxoplasmosis
is caused by Toxoplasma gondii.
Risk Factors:
Infection is caused by eating contaminated meat, accidental ingestion of cat feces or possibly by eating unwashed vegetables.

10. Bacteria : Botulism
is a rare but serious illness caused by Clostridium botulinum bacteria.
Risk Factors:
The bacteria may enter the body through wounds, or they may live in improperly canned or preserved food.

11. Bacteria : TB (Tuberculosis)
Caused by breathing in air droplets from a cough or sneeze of an infected person.
Risk Factors:
Age
Living in poor conditions
Being around an infected person.