Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Right,Shoot!

Task : Students will choose one disease to research on and present their findings to the class. They should find information on the cause, symptoms, physical signs, treatment and prevention of the disease. The presentation should be 10 minutes long with visual aids. Marks will be deducted if the presentation exceeds 10 minutes. They will also need to write a paper ( 3-5 type-written pages ) on this assignment. ( Similar format to the subtopics ) to be handed in on their presentation day. The written paper will make up 10% of this assignment.

Standard Of Evaluation >>>

Role-Play : 15%
Individual Presentation : 30%
( 20%-presentation; 10%-written )

Attendance, Attitude & Participation : 5%

TOTAL : 50% x 2 = 100%


I decided to pick a common disease; AIDS ( Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome )
Here are my main points ----->

Causes of the diseases :
* Unprotected sexual intercourse.
* Contaminated needle.
* Transfer of blood, semen, vaginal fluid, pre-ejaculate, or breast milk.
* Vertical transmission.

Symptoms :
* Fevers
* Sweats
* Swollen glands
* Chills
* Weakness
* Weak Loss
* Nausea
* Skin Rash
* Vomitting
* Headache

Physical Signs :
* Pneumocystis
* Tuberculosis
* Tumors
* Chronic diarrhea
* Lymphomas
* Kaposi's sarcoma
* Cervical cancer

Treatment :
There is currently no vaccine or cure for AIDS and HIV,but yet a
patient still can have the treatments;

* Antiretroviral therapy
* Alternative medicine
* Experimental and proposed treatments
* Post-exposure prophylaxis ( PEP )



"WILL YOU?"

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

hek eleh, bajet suspen lak..