Healthcare Flashcards

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Illness which affect the circulation of blood are particularly common with people who are overweight

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Cardiovascular disease

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2
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This is deposited on the walls of the arteries and can block them

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Cholesterol

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3
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They can easily be spread from one person to another

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Infections

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4
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Pains or stiffness in the joints or muscles can be very difficult to live with

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Rheumatism

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5
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They don’t get enough exercise

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Sedentary lifestyle

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6
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This is because there immune system is not probably developed

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Premature babies are vulnerable to illness

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7
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Virus that cannot be treated with antibiotics and people with caught should stay inside until the symptoms half past

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Flu epidemic

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8
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The painful inflammation of a joint may require surgery

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Arthritis

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9
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To make cutbacks to the national health service

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To suffer from serious underfunding

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10
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There are drugs which can slow down cell -destroying showing properties

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The aids virus is incurable

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What is the body’s cells start growing abnormally, a cure Can be difficult to find

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Cancer

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12
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The pressures of a high powered job Can cause nervous strain which may require drugs

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Stress related illness

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