The human body contains many small living things called microorganisms. These microbes live all over and inside our bodies. Some microbes are helpful. They helps us to digest food and make vitamins. They also helps fight with other germs that could make us sick. Some microbes can cause illness. Different types of microbes can lead to different diseases. Here is a quick look at some major human diseases caused by various microorganisms:
Diseases Caused by Protozoa
#1 Malaria
Symptoms: Fever with shivering
Parasites: Plasmodium
Carrier: Female Anopheles Mosquitoes
Affected Organs: Red Blood Corpuscle (RBC) and Liver.
#2 Kala-ajar
Symptoms: High fever
Parasite: Leishmania-donovani
Carrier: Sand Flies
Affected Organs: Bone marrow
#3 Sleeping Sickness
Symptoms: Fever with severe sleep
Parasite: Trypanosoma
Carrier: Tse-Tse Flies
Affected Organs: Brain
#4 Diarrhoea
Symptoms: Mucous and Diarrhoea with blood
Parasite: Entamoeba histolytica
Spread Through: contaminated food or drinking water, or from person to person:
Affected Organs: Intestine
Disease Caused by Bacteria:
#1 Tetanus
Symptoms: High fever, spasms in body, Closing of jaws, etc.
Name of Bacteria: Clostridium Tetani
Affected Organs: Nervous system
#2 Cholera
Symptoms: Contentious stool and vomiting
Name of bacteria: Vibrio cholera
Way of Transmission: One can be infected by drinking water or eating food contaminated by the bacterium
Affected Organs: Intestine
#3 Typhoid
Symptoms: High fever, Headache
Name of bacteria: Salmonella typhosa
Way of Transmission: It is transmitted by the consumption of contaminated food or water.
Affected Organs: Intestine
#4 Tuberculosis (TB)
Symptoms: Repeated coughing.
Name of bacteria: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Way of Transmission: It is spread through the air or the flu. Someone having TB who coughs, sneezes, talks, laughs, or sings then germs are released.
Affected Organs: Lungs
#5 Diphtheria
Symptoms: Difficulty in respiration and suffocation.
Name of bacteria: Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Way of Transmission: It spreads through respiratory droplets, like, from coughing or sneezing.
Affected Organs: Respiratory tube
#6 Plague
Symptoms: Very high fever, muscular eruption on the body.
Name of bacteria: Pasteuralla pesties
Way of Transmission: Bite of infected vector fleas like rats.
Affected Organs: Lungs, area between the two legs.
#7 Whooping cough
Symptoms: Continuous coughing
Name of bacteria: Hemophilis pertussis
Way of Transmission: coughing or sneezing of infected persons
Affected Organs: Respiratory system
#8 Pneumonia
Symptoms: High fever, swelling in lungs
Name of bacteria: Diplococcus pneumonia
Way of Transmission: spread via air-borne droplets from a cough or sneeze
Affected Organs: Lungs
#9 Leprosy
Symptoms: Spot on body, nerves affected
Name of bacteria: Mycobacterium leprae
Way of Transmission: close contact with someone with untreated leprosy over many months
Affected Organs: Nervous system Skin
#10 Gonorrhea
Symptoms: Swelling in urinary path
Name of bacteria: Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
Affected Organs: Urinary path.
Disease Caused by Viruses:
#1 AIDS
Symptoms: Immune system of body became weak
Name of virus: HIV
Way of Transmission: through sexual behaviors and needle or syringe use. blood, semen, pre-seminal fluid, rectal fluids, vaginal fluids, and breast milk
Affected Organs: Defensive system, White Blood Corpuscle WBC
#2 Dengue Fever
Symptoms: Pain in eyes, muscles, head and joints.
Name of virus: DENV
Way of Transmission: Bite of an infected mosquito
Affected Organs: Whole body particularly head, eyes and joints.
#3 Polio
Symptoms: Fever, body pain, backbone and intestine cells are destroyed.
Name of virus: Pilio virus
Way of Transmission: direct contact with someone infected with the virus
Affected Organs: Nerve, backbone
#4 Influenza (flu)
Symptoms: Suffocation, sneezing, restlessness.
Name of virus: Miso virus
Way of Transmission: direct contact, by inhalation of virus-laden aerosols.
Affected Organs: Whole body
#5 Chickenpox
Symptoms: High fever, reddish eruption on body
Name of virus: Variola virus
Way of Transmission: by direct contact (touching the rash), droplet or air born spread (coughing and sneezing) of vesicle fluid
Affected Organs: Whole body
#6 Smallpox
Symptoms: Light fever, eruption of bile on body
Name of virus: Varcella virus
Way of Transmission: direct deposition of large, infective airborne droplets of saliva onto the nasal, oral or pharyngeal mucosal membranes
Affected Organs: Whole body
#7 Rabies
Symptoms: The patient becomes mad with sever headache and high fever.
Name of virus: Rabies virus
Way of Transmission: through a bite from any infected animal or by intaking saliva of infected animals
Affected Organs: Nervous system
#8 Measles
Symptoms: Radish eruptions on body, Redish eyes, pain in eyes. Yellow urine, Eyes and skin become yellow.
Name of virus: Morbeli virus
Way of Transmission: through coughing and sneezing
Affected Organs: Whole body.
Disease Caused by fungus:
#1 Asthma
Symptoms: Shortness of breath, Chest tightness or pain, increasing difficulty breathing
Name of fungi: Aspergillus fumigatus
Affected Organs: Lungs
#2 Athlete’s Foot
Symptoms: cracking and peeling skin on your feet, most commonly between your toes and on your soles.
Name of fungi: Tenia Pades.
Affected Organs: feet, toes soles.
#3 Scabies
Symptoms: tiny blisters or bumps on skin, Itching.
Name of fungi: Acarus scabies
Affected Organs: Skin
#4 Baldness
Symptoms: Hair of the head start to fall.
Name of fungi: Taenia capitis
Affected Organs: Hair of the head
#5 Ringworm
Symptoms: Round red spot on skin
Name of fungi: Trycophyton Lerucosum
Affected Organs: Skin
This list provides a brief overview of some common human diseases caused by different microorganisms. Remember, proper hygiene, vaccination, and seeking medical attention when necessary are crucial for preventing and managing these illnesses effectively.