Cronic Diseases And Disabilities

Question 1

What are Chronic diseases

Answer 1

disease that persist for a long period or reoccur throughout life

Question 2

What are chronic diseases caused by

Answer 2

Risk factors that are behavioral, environmental, or hereditary

Question 3

What are cardiovascular systems

Answer 3

Diseases of the heart (cardio) and blood vessels (vascular)

Question 4

What are the six cardiovascular diseases

Answer 4

Hypertension, atherosclerosis, heart attack, Arrhythmia, congestive hard failure, stroke

Question 5

When does hypertension occur

Answer 5

When a person has a blood pressure consistently measuring 140/90 or higher

Question 6

Since many people experience no obvious symptoms of hypertension what is it known as

Answer 6

The silent killer

Question 7

How many American adults have hypertension

Answer 7

1 out of 3

Question 8

Four ways you can reduce risk of developing hypertension

Answer 8

Exercise regularly, maintain a healthy weight, reduce stress, Eat foods low in sodium

Question 9

What is atherosclerosis

Answer 9

I disease in which fatty substance build up inside artery walls

Question 10

What does atherosclerosis increase your risk of developing

Answer 10

Arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease

Question 11

What is arteriosclerosis

Answer 11

Hardening of the arteries = lose elasticity and become stiff

Question 12

What is coronary heart disease

Answer 12

Coronary arteries narrow =decrease blood flow to heart

Question 13

What is a heart attack

Answer 13

Occurs when some of the tissues in the heart doesn’t receive its normal blood supply

Question 14

What causes a heart attack

Answer 14

A blood clot that forms in a coronary artery that has been narrowed by atherosclerosis

Question 15

In a year, how many people suffer from a heart attack in the US and how many people die from it?

Answer 15

Over 1 million suffer from a heart attack but 500,000 of those million die

Question 16

What are four major risk factors for heart attacks

Answer 16

having a low blood pressure, Iow levels of cholesterol, physical inactivity, smoking

Question 17

What is arrhythmia (irregular heart beats)

Answer 17

Another form of heart disease

Question 18

A life-threatening arrhythmia in which the hearts which is rapidly and Uncoordinated fashion

Answer 18

fibrillation

Question 19

What is it called when the heart slowly weakens overtime

Answer 19

Congestive heart failure

Question 20

what are three effects of stroke and what do they do

Answer 20

Brain damage – (senses, speech, comprehension, behavior, thought patterns, and memory)
Paralyzed– on one side of the body or severely disabled
Death – 1/3 strokes

Question 21

What are four risk factors you cannot control

Answer 21

Heredity, ethnicity, gender, age

Question 22

What are six risk factors you can control

Answer 22

Maintain a healthy weight, eat a healthy diet, physically active, manage stress, monitor your blood pressure, avoid smoking and drinking

Question 23

A group of diseases that involves the rapid, uncontrolled growth and spread of animal cells it harms the body by destroying healthy BLANK

Answer 23

Cancer, it harms body tissue

Question 24

Cancer cells typically form a massed tissue called?

Answer 24

A tumor (malignant= cancerous; benign= not cancerous

Question 25

What are two causes of cancer

Answer 25

Heredity, environment

Question 26

Human genes control cell reproduction

Answer 26

Heredity

Question 27

A gene that changed into a cancer-causing gene is called an?

Answer 27

Oncogene

Question 28

What contains cancer-causing agents known as BLANK

Answer 28

Environment, known as carcinogens