Unit 3 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Infectious disease that is always present to some extent in the general population | Endemic |
| Infectious disease that infects a large group of people ina specific population all at once | Epidemic |
| Infectious disease that is so widespread that it affects populations worldwide | Pandemic |
| What is an infection that is contracted while in a hospital or other health care setting? | Health care-associated infection (HAI) |
| What type of chemical is safe to use on the skin to kill pathogens or keep them from growing? | Antiseptic |
| Living thing that cannot be seen with the naked eye; found in air, soil, water, food, plants, animals, and humans | Microbes or Microorganisms |
| Microbes that can cause illness | Pathogens |
| Harmless microbes that help the human body function properly | Normal or resident flora |
| Microbe that can change from harmless to pathogenic | Opportunistic |
| Illnesses caused by viruses | Common cold, flu, COVID-19, fever blisters (herpes simplex), hepatitis, chickenpox (varicella zoster), acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) |
| Illnesses caused by fungi | Ringworm (Tinea corporis), athlete's foot (Tinea pedis), candidiasis (vaginal yeast infection), thrush (yeast infection in the mouth) |
| Illnesses caused by parasites | Helminths (pinworms, tapeworms, roundworms), protozoa (malaria, amebic dysentery) |
| Illnesses caused by bacteria | Strep throat, E. coli, urinary tract infections, tuberculosis (TB), bacterial meningitis, syphilis |
| Body's defense that help to protect us from all pathogens | Nonspecific defense mechanisms |
| Nonspecific defense mechanisms | Healthy intact skin, mucous membranes, stomach acid, tears, the acts of coughing and sneezing, leukocytes |
| Specialized proteins developed by the immune system to help fight off specific microbes | Antibodies |
| Medication that is able to kill bacteria or make it difficult for them to reproduce and grow | Antibiotics |
| Possible signs of infection | Increase in body temperature; Rapid pulse, respiratory rate, or change in BP; Pain, coughing, or difficulty breathing; Redness, swelling, or pain; Foul-smelling, or cloudy urine; Pain or difficulty urinating; Diarrhea or foul-smelling feces; Nausea or |
| Nonliving objects that are capable of transmitting diseases | Fomites |
| Living creatures that can transmit diseases | Vectors |
| When a noninfected person makes physical contact with an infected person, or inhales or ingests droplets exhaled by the infected person | Direct transmission |
| When a noninfected person comes into contact with a nonliving object that has been contaminated by a pathogen | Indirect transmission |
| Illness caused by a pathogen | Infection |
| For a person to get a communicable infection, six key conditions must be present, known as .... | The chain of infection |
| Diseases that can be spread from one person to another | Communicable diseases |
| An infection that can be easily transmitted from one person to another through casual contact | Contagious infection |
| A place that is suitable for a pathogen's survival | Reservoir |
| The way that a pathogen leaves the reservoir | Portal of exit |
| The way a pathogen physically gets from one person to another | Method of transmission |
| The method by which a pathogen enters the new person's body | Portal of entry |
| The very young or old, poor general health, stress and fatigue, indwelling medical devices | Risk factors that make a person more susceptible to get an infection |
| Disease-producing microbe that is transmitted to another person through blood or other body fluids | Bloodborne pathogen |
| Blood, urine, feces, vomitus, saliva, wound drainage, sweat, semen, vaginal secretions, tears, cerebrospinal fluid, amniotic fluid, and breast milk | Body fluids |
| Inflammation of the liver | Hepatitis |
| People who are infected with a virus but do not show symptoms | Carriers |
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