Why do we

fall ill
Health:Health is a state physical ,
mental and social well-being.
*The health of an individual
is dependent on his/her
physical surrounding and
his/her economic status.

*Public cleanliness is
important for individual
health .
*Good economic conditions
and jobs are therefore
needed for individual health.
therefore necessary for
individual health.

Healtyy
*it is a state of comlete
physical ,social and mental
well-being .

*it depends upon individual

as well as social
environment .
*the person is energetic are
able to perform according to
its requirement.

Disease free
*it is a state of discomfort in
any part of our body .
*it is related to individual
only.
*the performances of disease
free person depend upon the
environment and attitude.

Condition
essential for
being free of
disease
*to avoid living in over
crowed area.
*to take proper nutrient or
have a blanced diet .
*clean and safe drinking
water availability.

Condition
essential for
good health
*we should have a balanced
diet .
* we should be fit and free
from disease.

Acute
diseases
*disease lasts for few days.

*there is no bad effect on our

general health.
*no loss of body weight ,
appetile.
*for example cough ,
common cold etc.

Chronic
diseases
*lasts for very long period.
*have a long term bad effect
on our general health .
*loss of weight ,short
breath , tiredness , , etc .

* for example tubercolosis ,

elephantiasis , etc.

Causes of
diseases
In caseof a small baby
suffering from loose motions
the reason behind it is due
to:*infection by a virus.
*unclean drinking water.
*not that healty, as not
nourished by food properly.

*may have some gentic

difference that makes it
more likely to fall sick.
*poor public services .
*poverty of the family have
led to this.

Infectious
and noninfections
cause

Infectious agents , mostly

microbes or micro-organism .
diseases where microbes are
the immediate causes are
called infectious diseases .
this is because the microbes
can spread in the community
, and the diseases they
cause will spread with
them .on other hand they are
also diseases that are cause
by infectious agents . this
diseases dont spread but
are caused due to other
disease. So this diseases are
not spreaded but any
contact or anything like that

, so this diseases dont

spread.

Infectious
agents
common examples of
diseases caused by viruses
are the common cold ,
influenza have typhoid fever
, cholera , tuberculosis and
anthrax are caused by
bacteria . many common skin
infections are caused by
different kinds of fungi.
Protozoan microbes cause

many familiar diseases , such

as malaria and kala-azar . all
of us also come across
intestinal worm infections ,
as well as diseases like
elephantiasis caused by
different species of worms .

means of
spread
many microbial agent can
commonly move from an
affected person to someone
else in a variety ways . they
can be communicated and so

are the called communicable

diseases.
*thourgh air , water .
*direct contact .
*indirect contact .
*by food .
*mosquito/insect .
*rabid animal , etc .