MIDTERMS Health education Flashcards
Health is the ____, ____, ____, and ____, where an individual is able to perform his or her vital functions normally and properly.
optimal, physical, mental and social well-being
It is any abnormal condition of the body or mind that causes ____, ____, or ____ to the person affected.
It can be caused by a variety of organisms, such as ___, ____, ____,____, and ____.
discomfort, dysfunction, or distress
bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, and protozoans.
they multiply in the human body and lead to disease. (tetanus, whooping cough, tuberculosis, cholera, etc.)
BACTERIA
not organism and they need a living host to enable them to live and reproduce. (AIDS-HIV, measles, chickenpox, warts, rabies, etc.)
VIRUSES
are caused by pathogenic fungi that can affect various parts of the body.
FUNGI
A parasite is an organism that lives on or in a host organism and gets its food from or at the expense of its host.
PARASITES
Protozoa are defined as single-celled eukaryotic organisms that feed heterotrophically and exhibit diverse mechanisms of motility.
PROTOZOANS
Give the 10 killer diseases in the Philippines
Pneumonia
Diarrhea
Bronchitis
Influenza
Hypertension
Tuberculosis
Heart Disease
Malaria
Chicken Pox
Measles
What are the 7 common communicable diseases
sore eyes
chronic bronchitis
common cold
chicken pox
cholera
measles
dengue
It is also known as chronic diseases, tend to be of long duration and are the result of a combination of ____,____, _____and ____. (World Health Organization)
NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
GENETIC, PHYSIOLOGICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, BEHAVIORAL FACTORS
It is a chemical substance that affects the function of living cells and alters, body, or mind processes when taken into the body or applied through the skin.
Overuse of drug may lead to drug abuse. It may also resulted as drug dependence.
DRUG
“downer”, which act on and depress the central nervous system causing initial relaxation leading to drowsiness and sleep.
Ex: alcohol and sedative
DEPRESSANTS
“opiates”, it is used to relieve pain, suppress cough, reduce movement of the intestine and induce psychological indifference
Ex: opium, heroine, morphine
NARCOTICS
Drugs used to induce alertness, elevate mood, increase speech, mental, and motor activity, relieve fatigue and boredom.
Ex: amphetamine, ecstasy, cocaine, caffeine, nicotine
STIMULANTS
“psychedelics”, they produce hallucination and visions of the outside world which replaces the external reality with imaginary beings and landscape
Ex: lysergic acid diethylamide, Marijuana
HALLUCINOGENS
