Bacterial Diseases

Symptoms

Fever, stomach cramps, vomiting, diarrhoea (all caused by the toxins they produce).

How its spread

Bacteria found in raw meat/ uncooked food or unhygenic conditions

Prevention

Poultry are vaccinated against Salmonella, keeping raw meat away from cooked food, avoid washing it, wash hands and surfaces when handling it, cook food thoroughly.

Symptoms

Thick yellow or green discharge from the vagina or penis, pain when urinating

How its spread

It is a sexually transmitted disease spread through unprotected sexual contact.

Prevention

By using contraception such as condoms and antibiotics (used to be treated with penicillin but many resistant strains are developing).