FYI

I will be writing about health and start with infectious diseases. I will try to write well researched articles so as to provide readers with basic information about a lot of topics in health, and in the future, include environment and parenting articles as well. So read on...it's FYI.


Viral diseases belong to the category of infectious diseases, which include influenza, mumps, smallpox, yellow fever and the common cold. These diseases are caused by infection with viruses. Also included in this category are measles, rubella, rabies, poliomyelitis, herpes simplex, and hemorrhagic fever among many others.


Bacterial diseases also belong to the category of infectious diseases, whose causative microorganisms are the bacteria. Bacterial diseases include pneumonia, rheumatic fever, meningitis, whooping cough, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, and osteomyelitis .


Also found under the infectious diseases category are diseases caused by mycotic agents such as fungi. These include diseases such as: histoplasmosis, actinomycosis, aspergillosis, candidosis, penicilliosis and many others. Those that are caused by protozoan include: amebiasis, giardia lamblia, coccidiosis and malaria. Those that are caused by metazoans include: paragonimiasis, trichuriasis, ascariasis, myiasis, etc.

My next blog will discuss the viral diseases, particularly the common cold.