Health Matters Flashcards
What is a lifestyle disease?
A lifestyle disease is a disease associated with the way a
Esk or group of people live. Eg, diabetes type 2, skin cancer, ect
What is a communicable disease?
A disease a person or a group can catch. This includes diseases passed from person to person, to animals from the environment. Also known as contagious or infections. Eg. Common cold, head lice, Ebola, ect.
How can you prevent the spread of communicable disease?
To prevent the spread of communicable disease you can do many things. Common ways include; handling food properly, wash your hands often, cough and sneeze in your sleeve, don’t share personal items, and clean and disinfect commonly used objects.
What are the 3 main factors which influence mental health?
The 3 main factors which influence health are genetics, lifestyle and environmental.
What is a bipolar mood disorder?
An affective disorder characterised by periods of mania alternating with periods of depression, usually interspersed with relatively long intivals of normal mood.
What is depression?
Depression is more than just feeling upset or sad, it is a serious condition which makes coping with day-to-day life to be hard and leaves you feeling down most of the time. You might feel irritable, sad and stressed most of the time.
What is anxiety?
A nervous disorder marked by excessive uneasiness and apprehension, typically with compulsive behaviour or panic attacks.
What is schizophrenia?
A severe mental disorder characterised some but not necessarily all of the following features; social isolation, disorganised speech & behaviour, delusions and hallucinations.
List a few ways to deal with mental health issues.
Talk to someone about it, join a support group, stay healthy, write it down (keep a journal), take time out and try not to stress.
Define asthma
A respiratory condition marked by attacks of spasm in the bronchi of the lungs, causing difficulty in breathing. It is usually connected to allergic reactions or other forms of other hypersensivity.
List 3 factors that can induce an asthma episode.
Exercise, untreated conditions and pet fur.
List a few symptoms of asthma.
Frequent cough, shortage of breath, feeling tired or weak when excersising, wheezing and coughing after excersise, decreases or changes in lung functions.
What are the two types of diabetes?
Type 1 and Type 2
What is type 2 diabetes?
Type 2 diabetes is caused when your body stops functioning properly. Generally caused by doing things your body doesn’t agree with like eating fatty foods and not excersising.
How can type 2 diabetes be prevented?
Type 2 diabetes can be prevented by having a balanced lifestyle and healthy weight.
