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Diseases and Cancer Flashcards

1
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Endemic

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Small number

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Epidemic

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Community

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Pandemic

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World- Wide

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4
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Indirect contact

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Airborne

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5
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Indirect airborne

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Contact with organisms in air (sneezing/ coughing)

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Bacteria

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  • one celled
  • ## cured with antibiotics
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Virus

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  • ‘small” disease causing

- prescribed medicines don’t

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8
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Fungi

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  • simple organisms cannot make own food
  • infections
  • live in dark/damp environment
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Spores

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  • fungi in air and soil
  • live for long periods of time
  • resting forms of fungi
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10
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Natural immunity

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Genetics

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11
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Passive immunity

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Temporarily immune

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12
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Active immunity

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  • forever immune
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13
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Pathogen

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Invader

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14
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Antibodies

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  • kill pathogens
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15
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Primary prevention

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  • overall just preventing from happening
  • eat healthy
  • physical activity
  • self exam
  • screen partner
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16
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Secondary prevention

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  • proper medication

- seek medical help

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17
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Tertiary prevention

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  • surgery
  • emergency medical treatment
  • last resort
18
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Acute disease

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  • short term

- less then 3 months

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Chronic disease

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  • long term

- over 3 months

20
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Agent

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Infectious organisms that cause the disease

21
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Biological therapy

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  • users immune system to fight cancer
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Benign

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Cancer cells that grow in one area but don’t spread

23
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Malignant

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Cancer cells that spread to all parts of the body

24
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Local extension

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Cancer cells that break off from a benign tumor and develop near the original one

25
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Metastasis

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Cancer cells that enter various parts of the body

26
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Hypertension

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High blood pressure

27
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Systolic

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Beating heart rate

28
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Diastolic

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Resting heart rate

29
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Coronary vessels

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Blood vessels in the heart

30
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Capillaries

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Connect arteries and veins

31
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Carcinogens

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Cancer causing

32
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Carcinomas

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Cancer of glands

33
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Sarcomas

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Cancer of connective tissues, ligaments and muscles

34
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Lymphoma

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Cancer of the immune system

35
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Leukemia

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Cancer of blood forming agents

36
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Oncogene

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Genes that appears necessary before cancer begins

37
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Surgery

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Removes cancerous masses from body

38
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Radiation therapy

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Use radioactive substances to kill cancer cells

39
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Chemotherapy

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Uses chemicals to kill cancer cells

40
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Immunotherapy

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Causes immune system to recognize and destroy cancer y

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Hormone therapy

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Increase production of hormones to prevent cancer cells from growing

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