Saturday, February 23, 2013

IT Application / Health awareness

Poster Task 2 

We were asked to do another poster regarding Health Awareness, Our group decided to create a poster on 3 different diseases :

1. Diverticulitis
  • Definition : Diverticulitis is a common digestive disease which involves the transformation of pouches (Digestive on the outside of the colon)
  • Symptoms : Abdominal Pain, Fever, Constipation and etc.
  • Causes : Lack of dietary fibre in the person's diet
  • Prevention : Include the following food such as nuts and corn into your diet/ Higher intake of nuts
2. Syphilis 
  • A sexually transmitted infection which means it can only be spread through sex.
  • Symptoms : Rashes on the genitals, Painful when urinating and etc
  • Prevention : Practice safe sex , Use protection.

3. Tapeworm
  •  The infection of the digestive tract by adult parasitic tapeworm.
  • Causes : Consuming undercooked food
  • Symptoms : Upper abdominal Discomfort, Diarrhea, Loss of appetite and etc
  • Prevention : Avoid / Eat less undercooked food. 

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