Lecture 1

Question 1

What is diabetes mellitus?

Answer 1

A disease in which the body is no longer able to carefully control blood glucose, leading to abnormally high blood glucose (hyperglycemia)

Question 2

Persistent elevated blood glucose can lead to?

Answer 2

Damage to the body’s tissues including blood vessels and nerves

Question 3

Heart disease can be used to describe?

Answer 3

Conditions related to build up of plaque in the walls of the arteries, narrowing the arteries

Question 4

Chronic lower respiratory disease (CLDR) is?

Answer 4

A collection of lung diseases that cause airflow blockage and breathing related issues

Question 5

TRUE OR FALSE

Inflammation plays a role in CLDR?

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Cancer is…

Answer 6

A group of diseases characterised by the uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells

Question 7

TRUE OR FALSE

Anxiety and depression are poorly characterised with a range of emotional, physical and behavioural symptoms?

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Neurodegenerative diseases are characterised by

Answer 8

A loss of nerves, eventually resulting in death

Question 9

2 common examples of cerebrovascular disease are?

Answer 9

Stroke and vascular dementia

Question 10

Cerebrovascular diseases are…

Answer 10

Conditions that develop due to problems with blood vessels that supply the brain

Question 11

Define dementia

Answer 11

Dementia is an overall term for diseases and conditions characterised by a decline in cognitive function that affects a person’s ability to perform everyday tasks

Question 12

Dementia is caused by…

Answer 12

Damage to nerve cells in the brain due to loss of vascularisation, loss of glial support cells and nerve degeneration