Healthy Living Behavior to Avoid Communicable Diseases

Infectious diseases are diseases that attack humans and can be transmitted to other humans in certain ways. The method of transmission is by direct media from person to person (skin surface), air media (airborne disease) such as TB and influenza, and water media (waterborne disease or water-related disease) caused by places to eat and drink that are not clean enough to wash, such as hepatitis or typhus.

Infectious diseases are caused by:

1. Infectious diseases are caused by:
2. viruses (viral hepatitis, poliomyelitis)
3. Bacteria (cholera, dysentery, typhoid, diarrhea)
4. Protozoa (amebiasis, giardiasis)
5. Helmintic (ascariasis, whipworm disease)
6. Through vector media for arachnid-borne diseases (dengue fever, malaria).

Dengue fever transmission is mediated by the mosquito "Aedes aegypti" (an arthropod-borne disease). How to prevent it by eradicating eggs, larvae, and cocoons of dengue mosquitoes in their breeding sites and with the 3M movement, namely:

1. Closing. Close the bathtub tightly so that mosquitoes do not enter and nest in it because mosquitoes like to hatch in clean, stagnant water.
2. Drain. Drain the tub at least once a week so that mosquitoes don't enter and nest in it.
3. Hoarding. Bury cans or empty containers filled with water in the ground so the mosquitoes don't find places to lay their eggs.

Apart from that, there are other ways to use 3M Plus, namely:

1. Change the water in flower vases and bird drinking places once a week.
2. Repair channels and gutters that are not smooth.
3. Installing wire gauze
4. Avoid the habit of hanging clothes
5. Using drugs

Typhoid is an endemic, easily transmitted disease that can attack many people so that it can cause an epidemic. The incidence of typhoid is very closely related to the sanitation of the environment. The cause of typhoid fever is Salmonella typhi and Salmonella paratyphi. Transmission through food and drink contaminated with germs originating from sufferers Prevention begins with maintaining the cleanliness of food and drink, regulating garbage disposal, and recycling household waste.

Diarrhea is a disease in which sufferers will experience continuous bowel stimulation with feces that still contain excess water. The causes are internal infections (occurring in the digestive tract), bacterial infections (Salmonella, Shigella, Escherichia coli), viral infections, parasitic infections (worms, fungi), and parenteral infections (infections in other parts of the body outside the digestive tract). The symptoms are nausea, vomiting, decreased appetite, fever, and blood in the stool. Prevention is by keeping the environment clean, especially water; don't eat carelessly; avoid food that is too hot and sour at the same time; maintain body condition with water (drink water 8–12 times; get enough rest); wash hands with soap after defecation; and clean food ingredients with clean water.

Healthy living behaviors are very necessary to avoid contracting infectious diseases. The most effective way to prevent contracting infectious diseases is to get vaccinated and ensure that all immunizations are received on time. Not only children, but adults also need to get additional vaccine injections.