Health and disease

Question 1

What are the 2 categories of diseases

Answer 1

Communicable and non-communicable

Question 2

What are communicable diseases

Answer 2

Ones that can spread

Question 3

What are non-communicable diseases

Answer 3

Ones that cannot spread

Question 4

Examples of communicable and non-communicable diseases

Communicable:
-m…
-c… ….
-f…

Non-communicable:
-a…
-c…
-c… h… d…

Answer 4

Communicable:
-measles
-covid 19
-flu

Non-communicable:
-asthma
-cancer
-coronary heart disease

Question 5

Can diseases interact

Answer 5

Yes

Question 6

Are people with weak immune systems more vulnerable to communicable diseases

Answer 6

Yes, as their body is less likely to be able to defend itself against pathogens that cause disease

Question 7

What factors can affect your health

Answer 7

-whether you have a good balanced diet
-the stress you are under
-life situation
—>eg access to medicine, being able to buy healthy food, access to contraception etc

Question 8

What risk factors can cause disease directly

-s…
—>causes … disease, … disease, and … cancer

-o…
—>causes type … diabetes

-d… too much a…
—>l… disease

-s… & d… while p…
—>… problems for the …

-c…
—>caused by … to certain …
—>things that cause … are called …

Answer 8

-smoking
—>causes cardiovascular disease, lung disease, and lung cancer

-obesity
—>causes type 2 diabetes

-drinking too much alcohol
—>liver disease

-smoking & drinking while pregnant
—>health problems for the baby

-cancer
—>caused by exposure to certain radiation
—>things that cause cancer are called carcinogens