MAPEH GRADE * -1 Stages of Infection.pptx

MAPEH GRADE * -1 Stages of Infection

1. Prevention and Control of  Diseases  and Disorders (Communicable) Stages of infection

2. What is an infection? condition  in which  pathogens enter the body pathogens may cause specific disease or illness

3. Virus Bacteria Protozoa Fungi What are pathogens? They are disease-causing organisms

4. Incubation stage Prodromal stage Acute stage Declining stage Convalescent stage What are  the stages  of infection?

5. the time between the  exposure to a  pathogen  and the appearance of  symptoms Incubation stage

6. Prodromal stage t he time when the signs and symptoms of a disease appear

7. Acute stage the period when the  disease  is at its peak

8. Declining stage   the period  when symptoms   start   to   subside  and the  severity of the disease declines

9. Convalescent stage the stage in which the symptoms of the disease begin to fade