Diabetes
What is the pancreas?
The organism that produces insulin.
What is the definition of a communicable disease?
A disease that can be passed from animal to other animal.
What are the two types of noncommunicable diseases?
Chronic and degenerative.
What does malignant mean?
A dangerous cancer-metastasis.
Define heart disease.
Any condition that weakens the heart or blood vessels or interferes with performance.
Genetics.
Can viruses be treated with antibiotic?
No, but bacterial infections can.
Anything that causes an allergic reaction.
What is a carcinogen?
A substance that can cause cancer.
Define heart attack.
When blood flow to a part of the heart is greatly reduced or blocked.
Family members with T2D, high sugar/fat diet, inactivity, alcohol, and obesity.
Define parasite and give 1 example.
An organism that lives in or on another organism. Giardia (which goats can get, too)
What are 3 main allergens?
Airborne, food, insects, medications, and latex.
What are 5-10% of cancers caused by?
Heredity.
What are 4 symptoms of a heart attack?
Pressure/squeezing in chest, pain in neck or arm, chest discomfort, and shortness of breath.
What is the definition of T1D?
When the immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas.
How many lines of defense does your body have, and what makes up the first one?
3, and it is made of your eyes, skin, stomach, saliva, and mucus.
What is asthma?
A respiratory disorder caused by narrowing or obstruction of the airways.
What are 4 preventative measures you can take to avoid cancer?
Don't use tobacco, eat fruits and veggies, don't use tanning beds, use sunscreen, and be active.
What are 4 healthy and 4 unhealthy life choices that could lead to heart disease.
Healthy: 8 hours of sleep a night, healthy weight, no tobacco, and plenty of physical activity. Unhealthy: excess weight, lack of sleep, use of tobacco, physical inactivity.
Which type of diabetes is 'insulin dependent', and which type is 'insulin resistant'?
Type 1 is insulin dependent and type 2 is insulin resistant.
Dysentery, malaria, trichomoniasis
Dust your ceiling fans.
What are 3 treatments for cancer?
Surgery, radiation therapy, chemo.
What constitutes as an unhealthy diet?
Lots of saturated fat, salt, sugar, and cholesterol in diet.