What are the different ways used for the treatment and prevention of diseases?
Principles of treatment for diseases are: (1) To reduce the effect of the diseases. (2) To kill the cause of the disease i.e., to kill the microbes like bacteria, fungi, protozoa. Principles of prevention are: (a) General ways: It relate to preventing exposure to the microbes. This can be done in following ways: 1. For avoiding air-borne infections—Avoid visiting public place, cover your nose and mouth while sneezing or coughing 2. For water-borne infection—Drink safe, clean and boiled water. 3. For vector-borne diseases—Keep the surroundings clean, keep food and water covered and clean. Do not allow any water to stand as it becomes a breeding ground for mosquitoes. 4. Self immunity—It is self-defence mechanism in our system that can fight off and kill microbes that enter our body. (b) Specific ways—By giving vaccines, childhood immunisation that is given to children for preventing infections and diseases.
