Common diseases (Contagious and non-contagious diseases.) 

Class: Basic 5

Subject: Basic Science and Technology

Topic: Common diseases (Contagious and non-contagious diseases.)

Some of the common diseases include cough, kwashiorkor, ring worm, measles, chicken pox, meningitis, scabies, diarrhea and dysentery, etc

Some of these diseases are contracted through :

I. Air borne;

II. Water borne;

III. Sexual intercourse;

IV. Blood transfusion;

Contagious diseases are diseases that are infectious and can passed from one person to another through contact.

Examples of contagious diseases are tuberculosis, measles, chicken pox, small pox, HIV/Aids, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Apollo, etc.

Non contagious diseases are diseases that cannot be contracted through contact.

Examples of non contagious diseases are malaria, fever, kwashiorkor, diarrhoea and dysentery, etc.

Exercise:

1. What are contagious diseases?

1. Mention four examples of contagious diseases.

1. State three ways through which diseases can be contracted.

1. ___________________ is a disease that cannot be contracted through contact with infected persons.

1. Give two examples of non-contagious diseases.