4.2.2.5 Health Issues

Question 1

What is health?

Answer 1

• state of physical and mental wellbeing
• diseases are often responsible for ill health

Question 2

What are communicable diseases?

Answer 2

• those that can spread from person to person or between an animal and person

Question 3

What can communicable diseases be caused by?

Answer 3

• bacteria
• viruses
• parasites
• fungi

Question 4

What are non-communicable diseases?

Answer 4

• those that cannot spread between people or between animals and people
• last for a long time and get worse slowly

Question 5

What are examples of non-communicable diseases?

Answer 5

• asthma
• cancer
• CHD

Question 6

What do people who have problems with their immune system have an increased chance of?

Answer 6

• suffering from communicable diseases
• body is less likely to be able to defend itself against pathogen that causes disease

Question 7

What can some types of cancers be triggered by?

Answer 7

• infection by certain viruses
• e.g. infections with hepatitis virus can cause long-term infections in the liver
• this leads to an increased chance of developing liver cancer
• e.g. infections with HPV can cause cervical cancer in women

Question 8

What can immune system reactions in the body caused by infection sometimes trigger?

Answer 8

• allergic reactions
• e.g. skin rashes, worsen symptoms of asthma

Question 9

What can mental health issues like depression be triggered by?

Answer 9

• someone suffering from severe physical health problems, especially if it has an impact on everyday activities/life expectancy

Question 10

What factors can affect your health?

Answer 10

• poor diet
• stress
• life situation (if you have easy access to medicines or preventions of getting i’ll like healthy food or condoms)