BACTERIAL DISEASES + PREVENTING DISEASE

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What is Salmonella?
a type of bacteria that causes food poisoning
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What does salmonella cause?
Fever, stomach cramps, vomitting, and diarrhoea
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What are salmonella symptoms caused by?
the toxins that the bacteria produce
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How do you get salmonella?
by eating food thats contaminated with salmonella bacteria?
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Give an example of how to catch salmonella
by eating chicken that caught the disease whilst it was alive or eating food that has been contaminated by being prepared in unhygienic conditions
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Why are most poultry in the UK given a vaccination against salmonella?
To control the spread of the disease
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What is gonorrhoea?
a sexually transmitted diseas (STD)
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How are STSs passed on?
by sexual contact, e.g havingunprotected sex
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What is gonorrhoea caused by?
bacteria
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What are symtpoms of gonorrhoea?
The infected person will get pain when they urinate and thick yellow or green discharge from the vagina or penis
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What was gonorrhoea originally treated with?
an antibiotic called penicillin,
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Why is it more difficult to treat gonorrohoea with peniicillin?
because strains of bacteria have become resistant to it
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How do you prevent the spread of gonorrhoea?
people can be treated with antibiotics and should use barrier methods of contraception such as condoms
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