Communicable Diseases
Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi, Parasites
What is types of pathogens
The most important method of preventing many communicable diseases
What is hand washing?
Genetics, Environment, and Behavior
What is the causes of noncommunicable diseases?
Someone may be having a heart attack, you should
What is call 911?
Doctors use this to screen for breast cancer
What is Mammogram?
The causes of communicable diseases
What are pathogens transmitted from one person, animal, or object to another?
The ONLY proven method of successfully eliminating a communicable disease
What is a vaccination?
Type of therapy that helps people gain skills to maintain an active lifestyle at home or work
Occupational therapy
Managing stress reduces the risk for cardiovascular disease, the opposite is
What is stress makes the heart work harder, causing strain?
Contains cancerous cells and can metastasize
What is a malignant tumor?
The two types of transmissions
What is direct and indirect?
The kind of infection that is best treated with rest, nutrition, and fluids
What is Viral?
Record of diseases among close biological relatives
What is family history?
Atherosclerosis
What is a disease with fatty deposits build up on arterial walls?
Tanning beds increase the risk for skin cancer this way
What is exposure to UV radiation?
Common cold, Influenza, Pneumonia, COVID-19, and Strep throat
What is Respiratory Diseases?
Hand washing, Respiratory etiquette, and Vaccination
What is preventing communicable disease?
Noncommunicable disease progression
What is complications, remission, and relapse?
Three blood vessels that make up the circulatory system
What is Arteries, Capillaries, and Veins?
Diet high in red meat and low in fruits, vegetables, and fiber increases the risk for
What is colorectal cancer?
Pandemic
What is a disease that spreads to much of the world called?
Vaccine
What is a dead pathogen or a nontoxic part of a pathogen?
Prognosis
What is likely outcome of a disease?
Hypertension
What is high blood pressure?
Factors affecting cancer
What is Genetics, Environment, and Behavior?