Health Issues Flashcards
How does heart attacks happen
Fats build up in arteries
Less blood getting through
Less blood means less oxygen
If heart doesn’t get enough oxygen you will experience a heart attack
Treatments for coronary heart disease
Stents
Statins
What do stents do
Wire inserted mesh opens up the artery
Advantages of stents
Relieves blockage immediately
Will flow as normal
Increases chances of survival
Surgery is minimal
Disadvantages of stents
Infection risk
Heart failure risk
Blood clot risk
Includes risky surgery
What are statins
Drugs that lower the cholesterol in your blood
Statin advantages
Slow rate of fat build up
Lowers risk of heart attacks
Can help with other illnesses too
Doesn’t include surgery
Statins risk
Inconvenience as you have to take them every day
Over a much longer period of time
Takes longer to have any affects
Communicable definition
A disease that can be passed on
Non communicable definition
A disease that cannot be passed on
Risk factors for non communicable diseases
Smoking
Diet
Low exercise
Alcohol
What is a melignent tumour
Uncontrolled growing set of cells
That are not stable
Spreads around the body
Can form secondary rumours
Benign tumour definition
Uncontrolled growing cell
Don’t move around the body
Remain in same place
Less of a risk
Risk factors for rumours and cancers
Smoking
Exposure to radiation
Obesity
What are communicable diseases carried by?
Pathogens such as Viruses Bacteria Funguses Protists
Types of transmissions
Air bourn
Physical contact (contaminated surfaces)
Through water
Are viruses living
No
How do viruses replicate?
They replicate by using a host such as a cell
Using the machinery of the cell to power it
Examples of viruses
Measles
HIV
TMV
Measles symptoms
Fever
Red rash
Spread by inhaling coughs or sneezes
How is HIV spread
Through unprotected sex
Exchange of bodily fluids
TMV symptoms
Discoloured plant leaves
Less growth
Reduces photosynthesis
Why do you feel ill when having a bacterial infection
Bacteria can release toxins inside your body that make you feel ill
Salmonella symptoms
Abdominal cramps
Fever
Vomiting
DIAHORREA
How is gonhorrea spread
Sexually transmitted
Symptoms of ghonorrea
Green or yellow discharge
Pain when urinating
Pain in reproductive organs
What type of disease is rose black spots
Fungal disease
What does rose black spots do
Purple or black spots on the leaves
Affects photosynthesis
How does rose black spots spread
By wind or water
What are protists
They are eukaryotic single celled parasites transmitted through vector
What is vector
Hosts are unaffected but can pass it on
Example of a protist
Malaria
Example of a vector
Mosquito
Symptoms of malaria
High fever
How to reduce malaria
Reduce breeding
