Communicable Diseases
This is the most effective strategy for preventing the spread of disease.
What is Washing your hands
A disease that is not transmitted by another person, vector, or environment.
What is a noncommunicable disease?
The uncontrollable growth of abnormal cells.
What is cancer?
Any physical or mental impairment that limits normal activities
What is a disability?
A specific reaction of the immune system to a foreign, harmless substance.
What is an allergy?
These are the smallest pathogens and need living cells to reproduce.
What are viruses?
Also known as high blood pressure, it can damage the heart and organs.
What is hypertension?
An abnormal mass of tissue that has no natural role in the body.
What is a tumor?
This law prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
These chemicals released by immune cells cause allergy symptoms.
What are histamines?
Unlike viruses, most of these one-celled organisms can be treated with antibiotics.
What is bacteria?
A disease characterized by the accumulation of plaque on artery walls.
What is atherosclerosis?
The spread of cancer from its point of origin to other parts of the body.
What is metastasis?
This type of therapy helps people keep their joints flexible.
What is physical therapy?
A chronic disease that affects how body cells convert sugar into energy.
What is diabetes?
This secondary circulatory system helps the body fight pathogens and maintain fluid.
What is the lymphatic system?
Chest pain that results when the heart does not get enough oxygen.
What is angina pectoris?
These are cancers of the immune system.
What are lymphomas?
What determines where a person is paralized
An inflammatory condition where small airways in the lungs become narrowed.
What is asthma?
These proteins attach to antigens to keep them from harming the body.
What are antibodies?
An acute injury in which blood flow to the brain is interrupted.
What is a stroke?
These are cancer-causing substances, such as those found in tobacco
What are carcinogens?
A hearing loss so severe that a person cannot benefit from a hearing aid.
What is profound deafness?
A group of more than 100 diseases that cause pain and loss of joint movement.
What is arthritis?