Topic5 None-commuicable Diseases

Question 1

What is the definition of health?

Answer 1

A state of physical and mental well being

Question 2

What is the definition of disease?

Answer 2

Any condition that interferes with the proper functioning of the body or mind

Question 3

What is the definition of none-communicable diseases?

Answer 3

A disease that can not be spread from person to person

Question 4

Name some communicable diseases

Answer 4

-flu
-chicken pox
-cold
-pneumonia
-hepatitis

Question 5

Name some non-communicable diseases

Answer 5

-cancer
-asthma
-allergies
-heart disease
-arthritis
-diabetes

Question 6

What are some risk factors of cancer?

Answer 6

• Smoking
  -UV lights

Question 7

What are some risk factors of cardiovascular disease?

Answer 7

• Lack of exercise
  -smoking
  -eating fatty foods
  -high alcohol consumption

Question 8

What are some risk factors of type 2 diabetes?

Answer 8

• Genes
  -poor diet high in sugar
  -obesity and lack of exercise

Question 9

What are some risk factors of chronic respiratory disease?

Answer 9

-smoking
-air pollution

Question 10

What are some risk factors of arthritis

Answer 10

-excessive exercise
-age
-genes

Question 11

What are the short-term effects of smoking?

Answer 11

-after smoking 10% of the blood will be carrying carbon monoxide instead of oxygen
-heart rate will increase
-nicotine becomes addictive
-coughing
-bad breath

Question 12

What are the long- term effects of smoking?

Answer 12

-can cause damage to the lining of the arteries
-increase rate of getting conorary heart disease disease
-narrows blood vessels in skin which causes aging
-increase in blood pressure and heart rate
-turns lungs from pink to grey because of tar

Question 13

Describe the effects of pregnant women smoking

Answer 13

-low birth weight
-potential miscarriage
-fetus has a reduced oxygen supply, as the result of carbon monoxide binding to the hemoglobin.

Question 14

Describe the short-term effects of drinking alcohol?

Answer 14

-makes reflexes and reactions slower than normal
-provides relaxation
-can sometimes lead to unconsciousness
-vomiting
-lack of self control

Question 15

Describe long-term effects of drinking alcohol

Answer 15

• Liver may suffer long-term damage and eventually can kill them.
• can cause damage to brain
  -destruction of brain cells
  -increases risk of cancer

Question 16

Describe the effects of a pregnant woman drinking alcohol

Answer 16

-alcohol passes into the placenta and into the developing baby
-risk of miscarriages, still births, premature births and low birth rate
-many have facial deformities

Question 17

What are some effects of regular exercise?

Answer 17

-Muscles fibres inside get larger
-keeps joints working smoothly
-heart beats more rapidly
-can increase lung capacity
-provides muscle with less energy