Respiratory ( Breathing )
Trouble breathing, wheezing, and often triggered by allergies or exercise.
What is Asthma?
Causes repeated seizures due to unusual brain activity.
What is epilepsy?
A virus that causes fever blisters or cold sores.
What is herpes?
Also called high blood pressure.
What is Hypertension?
Too little or no insulin leads to high blood sugar.
What is diabetes?
A sickness caused by a virus with fever, cough, sore throat, and body aches.
What is the flu? (influenza)
A brain disease that slowly takes away memory and thinking skills.
What is Alzheimer’s disease?
Once called the “Black Death,” spread by fleas, killed millions in the Middle Ages.
What is the plague?
When blood flow to the heart is blocked.
What is a myocardial infarction (heart attack)?
An overactive thyroid causes weight loss, sweating, and fast heartbeat.
What is hyperthyroidism?
Lung disease often caused by smoking that makes it hard to breathe because air sacs are damaged
What is emphysema?
A brain disease that causes shaking, stiffness, and slow movement
What is Parkinson’s disease?
A liver infection that can be caused by sharing needles or contact with infected blood.
What is hepatitis?
When the heart can’t pump blood well, leading to swelling in the legs.
What is heart failure?
An underactive thyroid causes tiredness, weight gain, and feeling cold.
What is hypothyroidism?
A genetic disease where thick mucus clogs the lungs and makes infections common.
What is Cystic Fibrosis?
Happens when blood flow to the brain is blocked — symptoms can be sudden weakness or slurred speech.
What is a stroke?
serious infection that attacks the immune system and makes it hard to fight off diseases.
What is HIV/AIDS?
An irregular heartbeat. Sometimes treated with a pacemaker.
What is arrhythmia?
Too much growth hormone in adults causes large hands, feet, and face.
What is acromegaly?
A bacterial infection that damages the lungs and can make you cough up blood?
What is tuberculosis (TB)?
A disease where the body’s immune system attacks the nerves, leading to weakness, vision problems, or numbness.
What is multiple sclerosis (MS)?
A disease wiped out in 1980 by vaccines, known for high fever and a rash with bumps.
What is smallpox?
A disease where fat builds up inside arteries, blocking blood flow.
What is atherosclerosis?
rare condition where the adrenal glands don’t make enough hormones, causing weakness and dark skin patches
What is Addison’s disease?