Unit 5 - Health, Disease And The Development Of Medicines Flashcards
What is WHO and what do they do?
The World Health Organisation
They are responsible for coordinating ways to improve health across the world.
According to WHO, what does good health mean?
‘Complete physical, social and mental well being’
What does physical well-being mean?
Free from disease, eating and sleeping well, not taking harmful substances and regular activity.
What is social well-being
How well you get on with other people and how they affect you.
What is mental well-being?
How good you feel about yourself.
Why might people with a lower income have a shorter life? (3)
They cannot afford a healthy diet, cannot access medical care, natural disasters mean more diseases and fewer doctors.
What is a disease?
A problem with a structure or process in the body that is not the result of injury.
How might a disease occur?
Microorganisms get into the body and change how it works.
What are pathogens?
Microorganisms that cause a disease
What are communicable disease?
Diseases that can be passed from an infected person to other people.
What is a non-communicable disease?
A disease that are not passed from person to person
What type of disease does a pathogen cause?
A communicable disease
What are non-communicable diseases caused by?
Our lifestyle, the way we live or a fault in our genes
What does correlated disease mean?
When a disease makes you more likely to get another disease
What are possible causes of correlations of a disease? (3)
Damaging immune system (easier for communicable diseases) damaging bodies natural barriers (can get into the body), stopping organs working properly (more likely for other diseases to occur)
What is a genetic disorder?
A genetic disease caused by faulty alleles of genes.
How are genetic disorders passed?
They are only passed to the offspring but not to any other person.
What is malnutrition?
Non-communicable diseases that occur when you get too little or too much of particular nutrients from your food.
What is a deficiency disease?
A disease caused by a lack in nutrients.
What disease can be caused by a lack of protein?
Kwashiorkor - enlarged belly
What disease can be caused by a lack of iron?
Anaemia - smaller red blood cells, tiredness
What disease can be caused by a lack of vitamin c
Scurvy - swelling and bleeding gums
What disease can be caused by a lack of calcium/vitamin d
Osteomalacia - soft and brittle bones
What is a drug?
A substance that changes the way the body works