A health concern that affects everyone is the occurrence of infections. An Infection is a colonization of a bacterium or virus within the human body. The term infection is broad, and infections can occur practically anywhere in the body. Infectious agents vary even greater in number than the places they can infect.
There are two types of infections, primary and secondary. A primary infection is defined as the introduction of a microorganism into a host for infection. A secondary infection is defined as either an infection acquired because of another condition such as a weakened immune system or as an infection in a host that is already infected with another microorganism, resulting in two infections. Two of the most common viral infections are the common cold and the flu.
The common cold is most often caused by three viruses capable of mutating quickly, which are coronovirus, rhinovirus and certain echoviruses. Viral flu infections are a major health concern and are caused by RNA influenza viruses that infect the respiratory tract. RNA viruses are notorious for their capability to mutate quickly and this is the cause for the flu season every year.
There are also common bacterial infections. These range from food poisoning such as E. coli to sexually transmitted infections such as gonorrhea. The most common way to prevent infections is through proper sanitation. Absolutely, the number one way to prevent an infection of any kind is through proper hand washing techniques. Even most food poisoning infections are not a cause of under cooked food preparation but a result of improper hand washing.
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