Chapter 9: Disease Risk and Awareness

Question 1

What category of disease can develop in any tissue or organ in the body and creates abnormal cells in your body that divide and spread?

Answer 1

cancer

Question 2

How does cancer arise?

Answer 2

1. inherited genes from our parents
2. environmental factors
   - diet, obesity, tobacco, alcohol, UV radiation, pollution, occupational hazards, viruses

Question 3

need to know for test

Hereditary genes are only responsible for about what percentage of cancers?

Answer 3

5-10%

Question 4

need to know for the test

What percentage of cancers are preventable?

Answer 4

90-95%

Question 5

More than what percentage of obese men and women have increased risk of dying from any form of cancer?

Answer 5

50%

Question 6

What can be described as a very small organism that enters itself into our human cells?

Answer 6

virus

Question 7

need to know for test

What’s the difference in treatment between viruses and bacteria?

Answer 7

• viruses just need to run its course; cannot be treated with an antiboiotic (shots/vaccines introduce viruses to your system)
• bacteria needs to be treated with an antiboiotic

Question 8

What kind of virus is known as “mono” and can lead to nasopharyngeal cancer and certain types of lymphoma?

Answer 8

ebv (epstein-barr virus)

Question 9

What kind of virus causes liver infections which can then cause liver cancer?

Answer 9

hbv and hcv (heptatitis b and hepatitis c)

Question 10

What kind of virus causes the destruction of white blood cells which are needed for immunity?

Answer 10

hiv (human immunodeficiency virus)

Question 11

What are the warning signs of cancer?

Answer 11

• change in bladder or bowel habits
• sore that does not heal
• unusual bleeding or discharge
• thickening or lumps in the breast or other parts of the body
• indigestion or difficulty swallowing
• changes in moles or warts
• hoarseness in voice or nagging cough
• unexplained weightloss
• chronic pain or fatigue

Question 12

What kind of infections turn deadly if the bacteria invades deeper into your body, entering your bloodstream, joints, bones, joints, etc?

Answer 12

staph infections

Question 13

What are microorganisms such as viruses or bacteria that are carried into the blood and can cause disease in people?

Answer 13

bodo borne pathogens

Question 14

Possible Exam question

During CPR what does chest compressions do?

Answer 14

help supply small amount of oxygen in attempt to stop brain damage from happening, until a defibrillator ca nshock the herat back into a normal rhythm

Question 15

What’s the difference between a heart attack and cardiac arrest?

Answer 15

• blood vessel to the heart is clogged; conscious experience, sit person down and help them relax
• heart stops pumping blood effectively, unconscious experience, brain stops getting oxygen, cpr is needed