Health Triangle
Social, physical, and mental.
What are the three aspects of the triangle?
The most dangerous type of skin cancer.
What is Melanoma?
The legal age of getting a tattoo.
What is 18 years old?
A toxic chemical in tobacco that makes the product addictive.
What is nicotine?
Drug Enforcement Administration
What is the DEA?
The balance of physical, mental, and social health
What is the health triangle?
-asymmetry
-irregular boarder
-color
-diameter
-evolution
What are warning sign of melanoma?
A big risk when getting a tattoo or piercing?
What is infection?
Tobacco smoke released into the environment by smokers, which other people nearby inhale.
What is secondhand smoke?
A drug that usually comes in the form of a white powder that is made from the leaves of a coca plant.
What is cocaine?
Expressing emotions is an example of this part of the health triangle.
What is mental health?
-tanning oils
-UV tanning beds/booths
-sun lamps
What to avoid when tanning?
Low self esteem, cyberbullying, and peer pressure.
What are negative things about Social Media?
- High blood pressure
-Heart disease
-Lung Cancer
-Asthma
-Emphysema
-Chronic Bronchitis
What are serious health issues caused by smoking?
Drugs that alter the way people view, think, and feel about things causing hallucinations.
What are hallucinogens?
Being on a sports team is an example of these parts of the health triangle.
What is social and physical health?
1. protect eyes and face (wear hat)
2. wear sunscreen
3. wear sunglasses
4. seek some shade
5. stay hydrated
What are five ways to prevent skin cancer?
The amount of sleep you need every night.
What is 8-9 hours of sleep?
Cancer causing agents
What are carcinogens?
The process of completely stopping all alcohol use to remove the substance from the body.
What is detoxification?
Sleep is an example of these parts of the triangle.
What is mental and physical health?
Three types of skin cancer.
What is melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and basal cell carcinoma?
The best teacher.
Who is Mrs. Vecchione?
Affects on a persons' appearance after tobacco use.
What is yellow stains on fingers and teeth, gum disease, bad breath, brittle nails, hair loss, sagging skin, and clothes and hair smelling like smoke?
-mental confusion, stupor, coma, or unconsciousness
-vomiting and seizures
-slower or irregular breathing
-hypothermia
What are signs of alcohol poisoning?