les 6 Flashcards
This are diseases that are caused partly by unhealthy behaviors and partly by other factors
Lifestyle disease
Example of lifestyle disease
Atherosclerosis, heart disease, stroke, type two diabetes, hypertension, many forms of cancer
This includes habits, behaviors, and practices that we can change
Controllable risk factors
Some risk factors that contribute to your chances of developing a lifestyle disease that are out of your control
Uncontrollable risk factors
Example of uncontrollable risk factors
Age, gender, ethnicity, heredity
Example of controllable risk factor
YOUR DIET AND BODY WEIGHT
YOUR DAILY LEVELS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
YOUR LEVEL OF SUN EXPOSURE
SMOKING AND ALCOHOL ABUSE
this is anything that increases the likelihood of injury, disease or other health problems
Risk factor
Two types of risk factor
Uncontrollable and controllable
What causes lifestyle diseases
Certain habits, behaviors and practices such as poor eating habits, inactivity or smoking
first level single-gene disorder
GALACTOSEMIA
CYSTIC FIBROSIS
PHENYLKETONURIA
second level ( chromosome abnormalities
TURNER SYNDROME
DOWN SYNDROME
KLINEFELTER SYNDROME
third level ( mutlifactorial disorders)
HYPERTHYROIDISM
COLON CANCER
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Upper respiratory tract infection
Common colds
acute viral rhinitis and
acute coryza
Lower respiratory tract infection
Acute, febrile and viral respiratory disease, hantavirus pulmonary
syndrome and influenza
Alvina discharge diseases that are viral
Viral gastroenteritis, viral enteritis, Viral diarrhea and hepatitis A
