Health and disease Flashcards
1
Q
What is health?
A
State of physical and mental wellbeing
2
Q
What does this mean?
A
Body and mind are healthy
3
Q
What are diseases responsible for?
A
ILL health
4
Q
What is communicable disease?
A
Diseases that can spread from person to person or between animals and people
5
Q
What are non-communicable diseases
A
Diseases that cannot be spread between people and that are caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi
6
Q
What is a pathogen?
A
Fancy word for a microorganism
7
Q
What does the immune system do?
A
Helps to fight of pathogens
8
Q
Why are people more likely to suffer with communicable diseases?
A
Trouble with there immune systems
9
Q
What can an immune system reaction lead to?
A
Allergic reaction: skin rash, asthma
