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Disease Flashcards

1
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What is Health?

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Mental, Physical, Social and Emotional wellbeing

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What is an infectious disease?

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Disease that travels from host to host and is caused by pathogens

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What is a non-infectious disease?

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A disease that is not caused by a pathogen and is an abnormal bodily function

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What is an endemic?

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Disease in a small controlled area with a few people affected each year. E.g. Malaria

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What is an epidemic?

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Bigger than usual outbreak of a disease in a small area. E.g. Black Plague, Small pox

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What is an outbreak?

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Uncontrolled outbreak of a disease. E.g. Ebola

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What is a pandemic?

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Uncontrolled outbreak that crosses continental borders

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What are the three lines of defence?

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Physical Barriers, Non-Specific response and Specific response

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What are examples of physical barriers?

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Skin, Mucus, Cilia

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What are examples of non-specific response?

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Pus, Inflammation response, Phagocytes

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What are examples of specific response?

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Antibodies and acquired immunity

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What is are the main types of pathogens?

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Bacteria, Virus, Fungi, Macro Organism, Protozoa, Prions

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What is a disease caused by a virus?

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Influenza

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What is a disease caused by bacteria?

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Salmonella

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What is a disease caused by protozoa?

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Cryptosporidium, Giardia

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What is a disease caused by fungi?

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Ringworm

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What is a disease caused by prions?

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Mad Cow Disease

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What are examples of infectious disease?

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Malaria, AIDS, Influenza, Measles etc

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What are examples of non-infectious disease?

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Dementia, Depression, Cerebral Palsy, Leukaemia etc

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What is are the four types of non-infectious disease?

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Environmental, Lifestyle, Genetic, Malfunction

21
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What is an examples of an environmental non-infectious disease?

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Asthma, Cancers caused by asbestos

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What are examples of a genetic non-infectious disease?

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Depression, Dementia, Autism, some Cancer

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What are examples of a lifestyle non-infectious disease?

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Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes etc

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What are the different types of immunity?

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Passive, Active, Natural, Artificial

25
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What is a disease?

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An affliction of your health that is not caused by an injury

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What is an examples of passive artificial immunity?

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Injection or taking of antibodies

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What is an example of passive natural immunity?

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Immunisation passed through breast feeding

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What is an examples of artificial active immunity?

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Vaccinations

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What is an example of active natural immunity?

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Getting the infection

30
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What are arguments for vaccination?

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They protect you against diseases and stop the spread of disease

31
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What are arguments against vaccinations?

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One study showed a link between autism and immunisations. Natural immunity is better than artificial immunity

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