B5, B6 and B7 - Non/Communicable Diseases and Preventing Them Flashcards
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Communicable Disease
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Can spread from person to person
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Non Communicable Disease
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- Cant be spread onto another
- Usually inherited
- Last longer, slowly get worse
- Not caused by a Pathogen
3
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Factors affecting health
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- Healthcare access
- Stress
- Poor Diet
4
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Risk Factors
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Increase the chance of someone getting a disease
5
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Risk Factors effecting diseases
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- Smoking
- Drinking
6
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Carcinogens
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Things that cause Cancer
7
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Cancer
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Area of the body with uncontrollable Cell Growth and Division
8
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Virus
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(Also Pathogens) which are the source of a disease
9
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Types of Viruses
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Bacteria and Fungi
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Virus Diseases Examples
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- HIV, through sex/needles, flu-like symptoms
- Measles, spread through infected persons sneeze/cough
- TMV, affects plants Chlorophyll production, discoloured leaves, doesn’t allow photosynthesis
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What are diseases caused by
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- Viruses
- Fungi
- Protists
12
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Bacterium Diseases Examples
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- Salmonella, caused by food poisoning, vomiting/stomach aches
- Gonorrhoea (STD), through sexual contact, pain while urinating and substance when urinating
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Preventing a Disease
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- Hygiene, washing hands
- Isolating, stop spread of the disease
- Vaccination, against communicable diseases, stops it from passing on
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Protist Disease Examples
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-Malaria, mosquitos infect others with another animals blood vessel, can be fatal
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Vaccination
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- Inject dead, unharmful Pathogens of a Virus which makes antibodies for immune system to fight off the real Virus
- Don’t always work