B5.1 - Communicable Diseases (Finishedish) Flashcards
What is health?
A state of physical and mental well-being
What are communicable diseases caused by?
Pathogens
What three main factors other than diseases can affect health?
- Diet
- Stress
- Life situation
How is physical health linked to mental health?
Severe physical ill health can often lead to depression and other mental illnesses
How can allergies be caused by other health problems?
Immune reactions initially caused by pathogens can trigger allergies
What types of health problems is malnutrition linked to?
Deficiency diseases, a weakened immune system, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer
What health problems can viruses living in cells cause?
They can trigger changes leading to cancer
What is the difference between communicable and non-communicable diseases?
Non- can’t be transmitted from one person to another other one can
How does Diet affect health?
If you don’t get enough to eat or the right nutrients or the wrong type of food
What are some examples of life situations?
- Where you live
- Gender
- Financial status
- Ethnic group
- levels of free health care provided
- local sewage and rubbish disposal
How can viruses living in cells cause other health problems?
They can trigger changes that lead to cancers
Give two ways in which the immune system can link to health problems?
- If there are defects in the immune system it may not work effectively. It can be a result of genes, malnutrition, infections
- Immune reactions triggered by a pathogen can trigger allergies to factors in the environment
Physical and ___ are closely linked
Mental health
