1. Common Communicable Diseases
1.1. Colds
1.2. Influenza
1.3. Mononucleosis
1.4. Hepatitis
1.5. Tuberculosis
1.6. Pneumonia
1.7. Strep Throat
2. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
2.1. Curable
2.1.1. Clamydia
2.1.2. Trichomoniasis
2.1.3. Gonorrhea
2.1.4. Syphilis
2.1.5. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
2.2. Incurable
2.2.1. Genital Herpes
2.2.2. Genital Warts
2.2.3. HIV/AIDS
3. HIV/AIDS
3.1. Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Virus that Casues AIDS.
3.2. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome-Disease that Interferes with the Body's Naural Ability to Fight Infection.
4. Diseases Causing Pathogens
4.1. Viruses-Smallest Pathogens
4.1.1. Colds,Influenza, and HIV
4.1.2. Mumps, Hepatitis, and Measles
4.2. Bacteria-Tiny One Celled Organisms
4.2.1. Pink Eye, Strep Throat, and Cholera
4.2.2. Whooping Cough, Diphtheria, and Tuberculosis
4.3. Fungi-Organisms that are more complex than bacteria, but cannot make their own food.
4.4. Protozoa-One-Celled organisms that are more complex than bacteria.
5. How Do Pathogens Spread?
5.1. Direct Contact with Others
5.1.1. Shaking Hands or Sexual Contact
5.2. Indirect Contact with Others
5.2.1. Sharing Drinking Glasses or Using Contaminated Needles
5.3. Contact with Contaminated food and Water
5.3.1. Undercooked Food of Improperly Stored Food
5.4. Contact with Animals or Insects
5.4.1. Tick or Mosquitoe Bite
6. Body's Defense Against Infection
6.1. 5 Major Barriers
6.1.1. Tears
6.1.2. Mucous Membranes
6.1.3. Saliva
6.1.4. Skin
6.1.5. Stomach Acid
6.2. Specific Immune Response
6.2.1. Lymphatic System-Helps the body fight pathogens.
6.2.2. Lymphocytes-B-Cells and T-Cells
6.3. Nonspecific Immune Response
6.3.1. Inflammation-Body's respomse to injury or disease, resulting in swelling, pain, heat and redness.