Health and disease

Question 1

What are communicable diseases?

Answer 1

Diseases that can be spread from person to person, between animals and people or through bacteria/viruses.

Question 2

What are communicable diseases also called?

Answer 2

Contagious/infectious diseases.

Question 3

What are non-communicable diseases? (2)

Answer 3

Diseases that cannot spread between people or animals and people. They generally last a long time and gradually get worse.

Question 4

When diseases interact they cause…

Answer 4

Other physical and mental health issues.

Question 5

People who have problems with their immune system have an increased chance of what?

Answer 5

Suffering from communicable diseases as their body is less likely to be able to defend itself from the pathogen which causes the disease.

Question 6

Some types of cancer can be triggered by? (give an example)

Answer 6

Infection by certain viruses.
(e.g. hepatitis virus in the liver can increase the chance of developing liver cancer.)

Question 7

What is a pathogen?

Answer 7

A microorganism which can cause a disease when it infects it’s host.

Question 8

Immune system reactions can cause…

Answer 8

Allergic reactions or worsen the symptoms of asthma.

Question 9

Mental health issues can…

Answer 9

Be triggered when a person is suffering from physical health problems.

Question 10

Other things which affect your health are… (3)

Answer 10

1. Diet
2. Stress
3. Life situation - Access to medicine/ healthy food/ money