Development of the self in society - Chapter 11

Question 1

What is ill-health?

Answer 1

Illness, sickness; a medical condition that makes you unwell.

Question 2

What are accidents?

Answer 2

Mishaps, misfortunes.

Question 3

What is a crises?

Answer 3

Emergencies, calamities, catastrophes, upheavals.

Question 4

What are disasters?

Answer 4

Tragedies, events that cause adversity or devastation

Question 5

What is a sexually transmitted infection (STI)?

Answer 5

An infection that is spread through person-to-person sexual contact.

Question 6

What are cultural practices?

Answer 6

Rites or regular activities done by people of the same origin.

Question 7

What are knowledge perspectives?

Answer 7

Facts and information seen from a particular viewpoint, outlook or angle.

Question 8

What is Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)?

Answer 8

A condition that results from alcohol abuse by the mother during pregnancy.

Question 9

What causes Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)?

Answer 9

Drinking alcohol during pregnancy.

Question 10

What is a psychosomatic illness?

Answer 10

A sickness that involves both the body and the mind. It usually starts with emotional stress before causing physical illness.

Question 11

How does gender based violence negatively impact women’s health?

Answer 11

They suffer from broken bones, fractured spines, burns, damaged eyes and head injuries, they are also more likely to get STIs and HIV/AIDS.

Question 12

What problems does Foetal Alcohol Syndrome cause?

Answer 12

Problems with mental and physical Development as well as learning disabilities and physical deformities.

Question 13

What illnesses can be caused by pollution?

Answer 13

Asthma and various cancers.

Question 14

How can religion cause ill-health?

Answer 14

Some religions prevent their believers from taking medicines, having blood transfusions and seeing doctors.

Question 15

Which religion is famous for preventing blood transfusions?

Answer 15

Jehovah’s witnesses.

Question 16

Name 8 cultural practices that causes ill-health.

Answer 16

Male child preference, circumcision, female genital mutilation and cutting, arranged marriages, wife inheritance, culture of silence, dry sex, nutritional harm.

Question 17

What is wife inheritance?

Answer 17

A cultural practice that forces a widowed female to marry a male relative of her dead husband.

Question 18

What is the culture of silence?

Answer 18

In some cultures it is taboo to speak about sex, incest, relationships between genders, HIV, matters of reproductive health and pregnancy.

Question 19

What are arranged marriages?

Answer 19

Girls as young as 11 are married off to old men as fourth or fifth wives without their consent.

Question 20

What is female genital mutilation and cutting?

Answer 20

The surgical removal of parts or all of the female genital organs.

Question 21

What is circumcision?

Answer 21

The removal of the foreskin of the male penis.

Question 22

What are the consequences of male child preference?

Answer 22

Gender based abortion, the murder of female babies at birth, malnutrition in girls and general neglect of female children.

Question 23

What is dry sex?

Answer 23

Sex without lubrication which causes vaginal and uterine injuries which lead to scarring and higher infection rates.

Question 24

What is nutritional harm?

Answer 24

Some cultures forbid certain foods, particularly for girls and pregnant women which prevents them from getting all the nutrients they need.

Question 25

What are lifestyle diseases?

Answer 25

It is an illness that is linked to the way people live. A disease that could have been prevented with different lifestyle choices.

Question 26

Give 3 examples of lifestyle diseases.

Answer 26

Heart disease, hypertension, STIs.

Question 27

What is cancer?

Answer 27

A range of diseases in which abnormal cells increase and spread out of control.

Question 28

What causes cervical cancer in women?

Answer 28

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection.

Question 29

What is cervical cancer?

Answer 29

A cancer that forms in the tissues of the cervix, the organ connecting the uterus and the vagina.

Question 30

Who is most vulnerable to lung cancer as a result of smoking?

Answer 30

Women.

Question 31

What is prostate cancer?

Answer 31

Cancer in the male prostate gland that wraps around the urethra which is the tube that carries urine away from the body.

Question 32

Name 3 symptoms of prostate cancer.

Answer 32

Delayed or slow start to urination, blood in the urine and semen, bone pain in the lower back and pelvic area.

Question 33

What is hepatitis B?

Answer 33

A common liver infection which can lead to liver disease or liver cancer.

Question 34

What does the liver do?

Answer 34

It is an organ that filters toxins out of the blood and makes substances that fight infections.

Question 35

List 5 symptoms of hepatitis B.

Answer 35

tiredness, itchiness, no appetite, dark urine, jaundice (whites of the eyes turn yellow).

Question 36

What is hypertension?

Answer 36

Very high blood pressure.

Question 37

What are circulatory system diseases?

Answer 37

Abnormalities of the heart and vessel system.

Question 38

What are cardiovascular diseases?

Answer 38

The group of diseases that involve the heart, blood vessels, arteries and veins.

Question 39

What is tuberculosis (TB)?

Answer 39

An infectious disease caused by the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis bacterium.

Question 40

How does TB spread?

Answer 40

It spreads through airborne infectious droplets when an infected person coughs, sneezes or spits.

Question 41

List 3 symptoms of TB?

Answer 41

A cough for two weeks or more; blood in the sputum; loss of appetite and weight.

Question 42

What can happen if a pregnant woman is infected with an STI?

Answer 42

Miscarriage, premature birth, stillbirth, infant blindness and infant pneumonia.