B6.4 Part2 - Non Communicable Diseases

Question 1

Gene therapy

Answer 1

Inserting a healthy, functioning allele into the body of a person who’s allele for the same gene is not functioning propely

Question 2

What does cigarettes contain

Answer 2

Tar
Nicotine
Carbon Monoxide
Particulates
Other substances

Question 3

What does tar do to body

Answer 3

Cause cancer and collects in the lungs

Question 4

What does Nicotine do?

Answer 4

Affects nervous system

Question 5

What does carbon monoxide do

Answer 5

Binds to haemoglobin instead of oxygen

Can lead to heart disease

Question 6

Factors affecting CVD

Answer 6

too much salt
Smoking
Alcohol
Unhealthy lifestyle and diet
High blood pressure

Question 7

Statins

Answer 7

Drug which reduces blood cholesterol by preventing it forming in blood vessels. Causes the liver to remove more cholesterol.

Causes upset stomahc

Question 8

Antiplatelets

Answer 8

Reduces heart attack risks. Reduces stickiness of blood platelets and hence prevents clotting

Often causes internal bleeding

Question 9

Beta blockers

Answer 9

Reduces high blood pressure by reducing the effects of adrenaline

Slows heart beat and improves blood flow

Causes dizziness and tiredness

Question 10

Nitrates

Answer 10

Widens blood vessels by relaxing the walls. Allows blood to flow at lower pressure

Causes headaches and dizziness

Question 11

Surgical treatments froCVD

Answer 11

Replacing damaged valves to ensure correct blood flow

Using stents to temporarily widen partially blocked arteries

Bypassing blocked coronary arteries by using blood vessels from other areas of the body