health and disease

Question 1

What does ‘WHO’ define health as?

Answer 1

a state of complete physical,mental and social well-being,and not just only the absence of disease or infirmity.

Question 2

what is a communicable disease?

Answer 2

diseases that can be spread between individuals.

Question 3

what is a non-communicable disease?

Answer 3

cant be transmitted between individuals.

Question 4

what could happen if your affected by one disease?

Answer 4

it can make you more capable of catching others as your body is more weakened by the disease so is less able to fight off others.

Question 5

what are pathogens?

Answer 5

organisms such as viruses,bacteria,fungi and protists that cause communicable diseases.

Question 6

examples of communicable diseases?

Answer 6

cholera,tuberculosis, malaria, chalara ash dieback.

Question 7

what are the 3 physical barriers which protect the human body from pathogens?

Answer 7

skin , mucus , cilia

Question 8

what is the skins adaption?

Answer 8

a physical barrier

Question 9

what is the stomach’s adaption?

Answer 9

produces acid to kill pathogens

Question 10

what is the trachea adaption?

Answer 10

secretes mucus to trap pathogens

Question 11

how many chromosomes are in each egg cell from a mosquito?

Answer 11

3

Question 12

what is genetic modification?

Answer 12

genes from one organism being transferred to another

Question 13

what can antibiotics not treat?

Answer 13

viruses

Question 14

ways to prevent the spread of HPV?

Answer 14

use a condom , do not share needles

Question 15

why do people who develop aids may die of another infection?

Answer 15

HIV damages the immune system

Question 16

what pathogen causes malaria?

Answer 16

protists

Question 17

one way of controlling the spread of malaria?

Answer 17

mosquito nets , insect repellents

Question 18

how is cholera spread?

Answer 18

drinking contaminated water

Question 19

how is a ‘cold’ spread?

Answer 19

droplets in the air when people cough or sneeze

Question 20

how is malaria spread?

Answer 20

animals that draw blood

Question 21

how will the number of cases of a disease drop once more people are vaccinated?

Answer 21

you are less likely to come into contact with someone infected

Question 22

what should the government consider with vaccines?

Answer 22

cost to the NHS , how effective it’s going to be.

Question 23

what’s the chemical found in the stomach which acts as a chemical defence against pathogens?

Answer 23

hydrochloric acid

Question 24

what type of pathogen would doctors treat with antibiotics?

Answer 24

bacteria

Question 25

how do pathogens get into ur body?

Answer 25

sexual intercourse , through cuts in skin , eyes mouth and nose.

Question 26

how do u destroy a virus?

Answer 26

by destroying your cells.

Question 27

why do virus make us ill?

Answer 27

injects there DNA into our cells and can only reproduce in our cells and damage them.

Question 28

what are symptoms?

Answer 28

determines what virus you have.

Question 29

how do you treat a symptom?

Answer 29

pain killers

Question 30

how is bacteria harmful?

Answer 30

releases unhealthy toxins which damage tissues.

Question 31

what is immunity?

Answer 31

not being able to catch a certain disease as you have antibodies in your blood to fight it.

Question 32

how much do you have to weigh to be obese?

Answer 32

30 +

Question 33

how do you calculate BMI?

Answer 33

mass / height squared

Question 34

what is waist to hip ratio calculated as?

Answer 34

waist / hip

Question 35

how is tuberculosis spread?

Answer 35

through the air when infected individuals cough

Question 36

how can you reduce the spread of tuberculosis?

Answer 36

infected people should avoid crowded spaces , sleep alone

Question 37

what pathogen is malaria?

Answer 37

a protist