What are the 4 types of infectious diseases?

Infectious diseases can be viral, bacterial, parasitic or fungal infections. There's also a rare group of infectious diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs).

What are the 7 infectious diseases?

What are the 4 types of infection?

Infection occurs when germs enter the body and multiply, causing disease and illness. Different kinds of pathogens, a fancy term for germs, cause different types of sickness and disease. They come in four types – viruses, bacteria, fungus, and parasites.

What are the four major causes of infectious diseases?

What are the top 3 infectious diseases?

The world's deadliest infections, including Tuberculosis, Malaria and HIV/AIDS, have been considered as the "Big Three" infectious diseases (BTIDs). With leading infections and deaths every year, the BTIDs have been recognized as the world's greatest pandemics.

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What are the 3 worst diseases?

What is the deadliest infectious disease on earth?

Tuberculosis is still around, and cases are on the rise in Colorado. Photo: Getty Images. You may think COVID-19 is the world's deadliest infectious disease, but it's actually tuberculosis or TB, and cases of TB are on the rise this year after a 10-year decline.

How do you know if your body is fighting an infection?

What are the five signs of an infection?

How do I know the type of infection I have?

How do you tell if a disease is viral or bacterial? Viruses and bacteria can cause similar symptoms, like fever, cough and rashes. The only way to know what kind of infection you have is to have a healthcare provider assess you. If you have symptoms that last more than a few days or that concern you, see your provider.

What is the best drug to treat infection?

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Bacterial infections are treated with antibiotics such as amoxicillin, erythromycin and ciprofloxacin. There are many different types of antibiotic, with different ways of working; the choice depends on the type of infection you have.

Can you have an infection and not know it?

Sometimes however, you may have an infection and not know it, and not have any symptoms. Keep this in mind especially if you have recently had surgery or an invasive medical procedure, a break in your skin, or you have been exposed to someone who is ill.

Which disease has no cure?

What old diseases are no longer existing?

So far, the world has eradicated two diseases — smallpox and rinderpest.

What is the most common infectious disease?

What are the early warning signs of sepsis?

How do you know if you have a bacterial infection or virus?

Bacterial Infections

Symptoms persist longer than the expected 10-14 days a virus tends to last. Fever is higher than one might typically expect from a virus. Fever gets worse a few days into the illness rather than improving.

How do you tell if you have a bacterial or viral infection?

It can be difficult to know what causes an infection, because viral and bacterial infections can cause similar symptoms. Your doctor may need a sample of your urine, stool or blood, or a swab from your nose or throat to see what sort of infection you have.

What are 2 serious signs of infection?

What happens when your body is full of infection?

The infection-fighting processes turn on the body, causing the organs to work poorly. Sepsis may progress to septic shock. This is a dramatic drop in blood pressure that can damage the lungs, kidneys, liver and other organs. When the damage is severe, it can lead to death.

What happens if an infection stays in your body?

If you don't stop that infection, it can cause sepsis. Bacterial infections cause most cases of sepsis. Sepsis can also be a result of other infections, including viral infections, such as COVID-19 or influenza, or fungal infections.

What has killed the most humans in history?

Table ranking "History's Most Deadly Events": Influenza pandemic (1918-19) 20-40 million deaths; black death/plague (1348-50), 20-25 million deaths, AIDS pandemic (through 2000) 21.8 million deaths, World War II (1937-45), 15.9 million deaths, and World War I (1914-18) 9.2 million deaths.

What are the incurable viruses?

The other 4 are incurable viral infections: hepatitis B, herpes simplex virus (HSV), HIV and human papillomavirus (HPV).