If a disease is communicable, that means that it can be spread from person to person. Isolation is important for people with communicable diseases so that the disease does not spread to other people and cause an epidemic.
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Diseases are frequently referred to as communicable or non-communicable. Communicable diseases comprise infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and measles, while non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are mostly chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancers, and diabetes. That leads to the term communicable.
Communicable: can be spread through a community (contagious) Non-Communicable: not spread with contact (usually genetic)
non-communicable diseases
What is the mortality rate of communicable diseases in the Philippines?
communicable diseases
Communicable lung diseases would be Tuberculosis, the common cold, HiNi flu, these are contagious. Non-communicable lung diseases would be asthma, COPD, and Lung cancer.
National Institute of Communicable Diseases was created in 1963.
Control of Communicable Diseases Manual was created in 1915.
Precautions for communicable diseases include: Use of protective gears Proper handwashing serving and preparing food clean and right isolating persons with communicable disease covering nose and mouth when sneezing or coughing Treatments: prompt detection of disease prompt medication and management isolation and thorough management
It means diseases that are infectious.
Yellow fever is a communicable disease.