When someone says that an illness is "going around," they are referring to a communicable disease. Communicable diseases are contagious and are the result of spreading germs. You can avoid catching them by regularly washing your hands and avoiding sick people.
Communicable diseases often cause fatigue and lethargy.
What Are Communicable Diseases?
Communicable diseases spread from person to person. You may hear them referred to as contagious or infectious diseases as well.
How Are They Caught?
You catch a disease by coming into contact with germs from the infected person. You may do this from direct contact with that person or from contact with something that person has touched.
What Are Germs?
Germs are microbes, which are the smallest living things on earth. They can be seen only with a microscope, and they can cause diseases when they enter your body.
Avoiding Infection
Germs can spread easily, so you should try to avoid contact with a sick person or anything a sick person has touched. If you wash your hands regularly, you can also avoid contagion from germs.
Examples of Communicable Diseases
Some recognizable communicable diseases include the common cold, hepatitis and sexually transmitted diseases. Influenza is also a communicable disease, and so is head lice.
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