Communicable and Non-communicable - Organisation P2 Flashcards
1
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Define Health
A
The state of your physcial and mental wellbeing
2
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Define disease
A
A condition that causes ill health
3
Q
What are communicable diseases?
A
A disease that can spread from a person to a person, an animal or object
4
Q
What are non-communicable diseases?
A
A disease that cannot be spread from person to person
5
Q
Examples of communicable diseases
A
Flu, hepatatis, cold
6
Q
Examples of non-communicable diseases
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Cancer, diabetes, arthiritis
7
Q
What are people with weak immune systems more suspectible to?
A
Communicable diseases
