Unit 4.2 Coronary heart disease, health issues, lifestyle and cancer

Question 1

The state of physical and mental well being - what is being described?

Answer 1

health

Question 2

Diseases can be communicable or…

Answer 2

non communicable

Question 3

Communicable diseases are disease that

Answer 3

can spread

Question 4

Communicable diseases are caused by

Answer 4

bacteria, virus and fungi

Question 5

Communicable diseases are contagious or infectious what does this mean?

Answer 5

you can catch it/it can spread

Question 6

Diseases that cannot spread from person to person are described as

Answer 6

non communicable diseases

Question 7

non communicable diseases are caused by a pathogen? true or false?

Answer 7

false

Question 8

A disease causing microbe

Answer 8

pathogen

Question 9

A person with weakened immune system is vulnerable to

Answer 9

infection (a communicable disease)

Question 10

Hepatitis virus can cause

Answer 10

liver cancer

Question 11

HPV infection can cause

Answer 11

cervical cancer

Question 12

Individuals suffering from physical healthy problems are at risk of

Answer 12

depression

Question 13

Factors that can affect a persons health?

Answer 13

diet
stress
life situation

Question 14

what is a risk factor for disease?

Answer 14

something that increases your chances of getting the disease

Question 15

Risk factors guarantee you will get the disease - True or false?

Answer 15

FALSE

Question 16

Risk factors for heart disease

Answer 16

diet
smoking
lack exercise
stress

Question 17

In developed counteries non-communicable diseases are more common - why?

Answer 17

higher income - buy high fat food

Question 18

In deprived areas what issues are there concerning health?

Answer 18

more likely to smoke
poor diet
less active

Question 19

Smoking has been proven to cause which diseases?

Answer 19

cardiovascular, lung, lung cancer

Question 20

Obesity has been directly linked to which disease?

Answer 20

type 2 diabetes

Question 21

A diabetic struggles to control what in their body?

Answer 21

glucose

Question 22

What hormone is released to control glucose levels?

Answer 22

insulin

Question 23

Is it safe to smoke and drink during pregnancy?

Answer 23

NO

Question 24

Exposure to radiation can increase the risk of developing…

Answer 24

cancer

Question 25

chemicals which increase the risk of cancer are known as...?

Answer 25

carcinogens

Question 26

Does a correlation between a risk factor and a disease PROVE it causes the disease?

Answer 26

NO - its just a correlation!!

Question 27

How would a scientist PROVE a risk factor causes disease?

Answer 27

carry out experiments

Question 28

Is it cheap or expensive to treat non communicable diseases?

Answer 28

very expensive

Question 29

Uncontrolled cell growth is known as....?

Answer 29

tumour

Question 30

Are all tumous cancerous?

Answer 30

no

Question 31

Name the two types of tumours

Answer 31

benign and malignant

Question 32

This type of tumour grows until there is no more room

Answer 32

benign

Question 33

This type of tumour doesnt spread

Answer 33

benign

Question 34

This type of tumour is not cancerous

Answer 34

benign

Question 35

This type of tumour doesnt invase other cells

Answer 35

benign

Question 36

This tumour grows and invades other tissues and cells

Answer 36

malignant

Question 37

This type of tumour can break off and invade healthy tissues elsewhere in the body

Answer 37

malignant

Question 38

when a malignant tumour breaks off and travels in the blood to another part of the body it forms a ...?

Answer 38

secondary tumour

Question 39

This type of tumour is dangerous

Answer 39

malignant

Question 40

This type of tumour is cancerous

Answer 40

malignant

Question 41

Survival rates of cancer have increase because of what reasons?

Answer 41

screening susceptible people advances in treatment earlier diagnosis

Question 42

Smoking is a risk factors for which type of cancer?

Answer 42

lung cancer (mouth/stomach/bowel)

Question 43

which risk factor is associated with lung cancer?

Answer 43

smoking

Question 44

Obesity is a risk factors associated with which type of cancer?

Answer 44

bowel/liver/kidney

Question 45

What risk factor is associated with skin cancer?

Answer 45

UV exposure

Question 46

Which type of people are at risk of developing skin cancer?

Answer 46

people living in sunnier climate people who spend a lot of time outside sun bed users

Question 47

Identify 5 risk factors linked with cancer

Answer 47

``` smoking obesity viral infection (HPV/hepatitis C) UV exposure genetics ```

Question 48

Your genetics can put you at risk of certain cancers, e.g.

Answer 48

breast cancers and ovarian cancers