Introduction to Health by
Rose Oduor
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What is health?
Give examples of health problems you know of.
Accidents
Small accidents that happens at home
Which health problem is this?
answer
A cut finger is an example of a small accident
Identify what causes this.
A swollen face caused by a venom from a honey bee.
Examples of health problem in real life situation
Stomachache
Why do people having persistent stomachaches lie in bed?
- Lying in bed calms down stomachaches
What comes into your mind whenever you see someone frequenting this place?
- He is having stomachache and diarrhoea
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Study and interpret this photograph
- It shows a boy not eating his food
What are the signs and symptoms of stomachache and diarrhoea?
- Loss of appetite
- Looking weak and Sick
- Loss of water in the body
Identify the objects in these pictures
salt
sugar
Boiled water
What is the first aid given to a person who has lost a lot of water through diarrhoea and why?
Answer
- A solution of salt and sugar in a clean boiled water
- Allow the patient to sip this mixture slowly to replenish water lost during diarrhoea.
- This makes the patient feel strong while waiting to see a doctor.
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What is happening in this picture and why?
This is a picture of...
It is used for...
Answer
- It is an ambulance.
- It is used for carrying sick people to the hospital.
- It has health equipments, a nurse and a doctor on stand by.
What is this doctor doing and why?
Answer
- The doctor is examining a patient to find out the problems with him.
- He will collect specimen and take to the laboratory.
- The test results will show what he is suffering from.
In health education we can learn how to.....
- Promote good health
- Maintain good health
- Restore good health
What kind of education do doctors give their patients?
- Why they should follow prescriptions of drugs
- Advice on how to take good care of the patients so as to avoid catching pneumonia.
Construct sentences using the following new words we have learnt
- Specimen
- Ambulance
- Germs
- Persistent
- Suffering from
- Test results
- Symptoms
- Pneumonia
Below are sentences that can be constructed using the above words
- Ngatu's specimen were taken to the laboratory.
- He was carried in an ambulance to the hospital.
- He had eaten mangoes containing germs.
- His stomachache persisted until he drunk
- Solution of salt and sugar.
- His test results showed nothing unusual.
- Stomachache was the symptom Ngatu had.
- Ngatu suffered from stomachache.
- Pneumonia is the swelling in the air sacs or alveoli
