TRUE OR FALSE-
YOU CANNOT BE DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER IF YOU HAVE NEVER SMOKED.
FALSE- LUNG CANCER CAN BE CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO MANY DIFFERENT TOXINS SUCH AS POLLUTION, DIESEL EXHAUST, RADON, ASBESTOS AND SECOND HAND SMOKE.
WHAT DOES COPD STAND FOR?
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE.
THERE IS A CURE FOR ASTHMA.
FALSE- SYMPTOMS CAN BE MANAGED AND TREATED IN VARIOUS WAYS. EX. INHALERS
WHAT IS HYPERTENSION?
A LONG TERM MEDICAL CONDITION IN WHICH BLOOD PRESSURE IN THE ARTERIES IS CONTINUOUSLY ELEVATED.
WHAT IS AN AORTIC ANEURYSM?
ABNORMAL BULGE IN THE WALL OF A MAJOR BLOOD VESSEL.
HOW MANY PEOPLE IN CANADA ARE DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER EVERY DAY?
A) 32 B) 136 C) 94 D) 81
D- APPROXIMATELY 81 PEOPLE IN CANADA ARE DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER EVERY DAY.
WHAT CAUSES COPD?
LONG TERM EXPOSURE TO IRRITANTS THAT DAMAGE YOUR LUNGS. EX. SMOKING
IN 2011, HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE DIAGNOSED WITH WITH ASTHMA IN CANADA?
a) 4.2 million
b) 3.8 million
c) 5 million
B- 3.8 MILLION PEOPLE WERE DIAGNOSED IN CANADA IN 2011.
MORE MEN THAN WOMEN HAVE HYPERTENSION.
TRUE- 47% OF MEN HAVE HYPERTENSION COMPARED TO 43% OF WOMEN.
WHAT CAUSES AN AORTIC ANEURYSM?
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, SMOKING AND A FAMILY HISTORY INCREASES YOUR RISK.
TRUE OR FALSE
MORE MEN ARE DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER THAN WOMEN.
TRUE
IS THERE A CURE FOR COPD?
THERE IS NO KNOWN CURE FOR COPD. YOU CAN REDUCE SYMPTOMS BY STOP SMOKING AND REDUCING CONTACT WITH IRRITANTS IN THE AIR.
IN WHAT 2 PROVINCES IN CANADA IS ASTHMA MOST PREVALENT?
ONTARIO AND MANITOBA
WHAT IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF HYPERTENSION?
A DIET HIGH IN SALT OR CHOLESTEROL. DIABETES IS ALSO LINKED TO HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.
TRUE OR FALSE:
THERE IS A CURE FOR AN AORTIC ANEURYSM?
FALSE- IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOVER ONCE THE WALL OF A BLOOD VESSEL IS DAMAGED.
TRUE OR FALSE:
COPD IS GENETIC?
FALSE
WHO DISCOVERED ASTHMA?
HIPPOCRATES
IS HYPERTENSION HEREDITARY?
IF YOUR PARENTS HAVE HYPER TENSION, YOU ARE AT AN ELEVATED RISK OF DEVELOPING THE CONDITION.
HOW MANY PEOPLE DIE FROM ANEURYSMS IN CANADA EACH YEAR?
A) 10,000
B) 15,000
C) 12, 000
B- 15,000