What Causes Infectious Diseases (Kodi Chimene Chimayambitsa Matenda Opatsirana ndi Chani?)

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I wrote about communicable/infectious diseases yesterday. If you remember well listed 10 infectious diseases that are constitute the top 10 infectious diseases in the world.  This does not mean that these are the only infectious diseases,  there are many more infectious diseases affecting our world today.

Six of the infectious diseases are caused by viruses, three by bacteria and one by a parasite as shown below; 

       Disease                                    Causative agent

1. HIV and AIDS          Virus
2. Ebola                       Virus
3. SARS                       Virus
4. Malaria                     Parasite
5. Anthrax                     Bacteria
6. Cholera                     Bacteria
7. Bubonic plague         Virus
8. Influenza                   Virus
9. Typhoid fever            Bacteria
10. Smallpox                   Virus

So how do we define a virus, bacteria and parasite? These are microscopic organisms that are not visible to the naked eye. The three differ in structure, genetic make up and how they cause infection.

Approxmately 15 million people die from infectious diseases every year and most of these people live in developing countries. Infectious diseases are a big challenge because these diseases do not respect the physical borders and barriers. If a person, animal, insect or pest carrying the diseases crosses from one country to another they can easily spread the disease to their new location.

Infectious diseases are a problem to both children and adults and affect health, social well being and productivity of the affected communities.

So how can we create awareness in the communities affected by these diseases?

In the coming days I will be expounding on the 10 diseases listed above.


CHICHEWA


Dzulo ndinakambapo za matenda khumi opatsirana omwe ali oopsya kwambiri pa dziko lapansi. Sikuti matenda opatsirana khumi ndalemba apa wa ndi okhawo amene alipo pa dziko lino ayi. Pali matenda ambiri komanso osiyana siyana omwe amapezeka mu madera ambiri.

Mwa matenda khumi ndinalemba dzulo, asanu ndi chimodzi (6) timayambitsa ndi tizilombo tochedwa "virus (vailasi)", atatu (3) timayambitsa ndi tizilombo totchedwa "bacteria (bakiteria)" ndipo nthenda imodzi (1) imayambitsidwa ndi tizilombo totchedwa "parasite (parazaiti)" monga motere;

                                                                          
              Matenda        Chomwe Chimayambitsa

1. EDZI                       Vairasi
2. Ebola                     Vairasi
3. SARS                     Vairasi
4. Malungo                Parazaiti
5. Anthrax                 Bakiteria
6. Kolera                   Bakiteria
7. Bubonic plague      Vairasi
8. Chimfine               Vairasi
9. Kamwazi                Bakiteria
10. Nthomba                Vairasi

Kodi vailasi, bakiteria ndi parazaiti ndi chani? Iti ndi tizilombo tosaoneka ndi maso athu tomwe tili tosiyana mumaonekedwe, chilengedwe chake komanso njira zomwe timafalira mthupi.
Pafupifupi anthu 15 million (miliyoni) padziko lapansi amamwalira chaka chilichonse kamba ka matenda opatsirana.
 Matendawa ndi oopsya chifukwa sadziwa malire a maiko. Ngati munthu, zinyama, ndi tizilombo tofalitsa matendawa ziyenda kuchokera dela lina kupita dela lina, zikhoza kufalitsa matendawa ku malo a chilendowa.


Matenda opatsirana ndi vuto lomwe limakhudza ana ndi akulu omwe ndipo zimasokoneza umoyo wao, chikhalidwe chao komanso chitukuko m'madera mwao.


Tsopano mmene tamvera apa tinga chenjeze bwanji  anthu amene ali m'madera wa zokhudza matendawa?
Masiku akubwerawa ndikambapo mwa tchutchutchu zokhudza matenda khumi wa.