disease dilemmas Flashcards
what is an epidemic ?
- a disease that speads rapidly but within a countained area
what is an infectious disease and non infectious disease
- a disease that can spread through the enviroment and one that cant
what is a communicable disease vs non comunicable disease
- esentully an infectious vs non invesctous disease
- spread from one person to another through a variety of ways that include: contact with blood and bodily fluids, surfes, breathing in an airborne virus; or by being bitten by an insect.
what does endemic mean
- a desease regularlly occuring in an area
what is adisease transmitted by animals called
- A zoonotic disease
give a example of an epidemic and why it dint spread to become a pandemic
- out break of ibola in west affrica in march 2014
- west affrica is less developed and has more rural areas. this means it is less effected by teh affets of Globalsiation such ascontant air traval and comunting. therefore the disease did not easilly spred - manged to be contained
what does contagious mean
- spread from one person or to another, by direct contact with them or indirrect ( sneeze)
what does TB stand for
Tuberculosis
describe the patterns of malaria transmittions and why
- primarrily between the troppics
- This is because malaria is transmitted via mosquetos. Mosquetos breed in water and can only survise in hot areas + liek hot hudid conitions
1. africa - deprivation + perfect cliamte
2. sub sarharan africa - 90% of malaria deaths and cases worl d wide
what type of disease is malaria
Infectious and comunicable (zoonotic) but not contagous
where has malaria been erradicated and why
- Affective public health measues in AC’s such as US states bordering the Gulf of Mexico and Austrailia
what type of disease is HIV
An infectious,comunicbale and contagous disease
hoe many people are at risk of malaria
3.2 billion
in 2015 how many people were infescted by HIV
35 million
where is HIV primarrily located + why
Sub saharan arfica
* little contraseption
* prosetution
* sharing needles
* intergenrational relations
* lack of tretemt as expenive
* lack of eduction as under developed
* stigmas around homosexullty ( safe sex not takked of)
what type of disease is TB
- infectious, highly contagous
In 2013 how many deatsh and cases of TB were there
- 1.3 million deatsh 9 million cases
where is TB previlant
- all across teh golbe but predominatly LIDC’s ( sub saharan africa)
1. links with HIV - weeken amunse system - contct TB and that will kill them
2. ( highly trnmittable though air )
3. can be cured and vaccinated ( why in LIDC’s) ( this is unlik malaria and HIV)
what esentually is diabetes
a defficiancy of insulin
what type of disease is diabetes
Non comunicable disese
how many peopel world wide have diabetes and how many die of it each year
- 250 million
- 4 million
where is diabetes most common
- North america
- south asia and east asia
- EDC’s followed by AC’s
what are the two types of diabestese
- Type- genetic primarilly but there are some (early epigenetic factors involved aswell - dont need to metion)
- type 2 - developes in adult hood from poor diet and inactiverty and obeseity - epigenetic
why si diabetese fround predominantly in the places it is
- Northamerica- high rates of obeseity, lack off physical exersize from epoepel working in more mangement and office jobs, poor diet of prossed high fat and sugar foods
- Asia- rapid transition to a processed food high fat high carb diet taht theyre not at all cuturally suited to