Diseases

Question 1

What is a disease?

Answer 1

A disease is an illness of body disorder within a person that leads to poor health

There are two types:
Infectious
Non infectious

Question 2

What is a infectious disease?

Answer 2

A disease that is caused by a pathogen.

These can only be passed by direct contact as they cannot survive out of the body

E.g. HIV

Question 3

What is a non infectious disease?

Answer 3

A disease that is not caused by a pathogen.

E.g lug cancer

Question 4

What is endemic?

Answer 4

Diseases that are always present in populations

Question 5

What is incidence

Answer 5

Number of people who have been diagnosed with a disease for a certain period of time

Question 6

What is prevalence

Answer 6

Number of people who have the disease at any one time

Question 7

What is epidemic

Answer 7

Sudden increase in number of people with a disease

Question 8

What is pandemic

Answer 8

Increase in number of cases around the world