What Causes Diseases
This immune defense includes redness, heat, swelling, and pain.
Another name for gastroenteritis.
What is the stomach flu?
Seconds needed to insure proper hand washing.
What are 20 seconds?
This blood vessel returns blood from the body’s capillaries to the heart.
What are veins?
This hormone instructs cells to take in glucose from the blood.
What is insulin?
A period of time without signs and symptoms of a disease.
What is remission?
A disease that spreads to much of the world is called a(n).
What is a Pandemic?
When a person coughs or sneezes into their upper arm, they are practicing this.
What is respiratory etiquette?
Another word for chest pain is.
What is angina?
This disease is characterized by dementia.
What is Alzheimer’s disease?
The four types of pathogens.
What are bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites?
This dangerous infection can be caused by MRSA.
What is toxic shock syndrome (TSS)?
Follow up injections to vaccines are these.
What are boosters?
This type of tumor is likely to metastasize.
What is a Malignant tumor?
In an allergy, the immune system reacts to this.
What is an Allergen?
Ticks spreading Lyme disease is an example of this.
What is vector transmission?
Safest and most effective way to prevent certain communicable diseases, for example measles.
What are vaccines?
Treatment for communicable diseases caused by bacteria usually includes these.
What are antibiotics?
Disease in which fatty deposits collect in the walls of arteries, restricting blood flow.
What is atherosclerosis?
Gout is a type of this noncommunicable disease.
What is arthritis?
Noncommunicable diseases are developed through these three major ways .
What are genes, diet, and behaviors?
COVID-19 is an example of this kind of new type of disease.
What are emerging infectious diseases?
Steps to promote a person's immune system.
What are eating a balanced diet, getting enough sleep, manage stress, get enough physical activity, avoid alcohol/tobacco/vaping/medication abuse, and get regular checkups.
A doctor removing and testing a sample of tissue for the presence of disease.
What is a biopsy?
When teenagers get plenty of physical activity such as weight-bearing activities (walking, jogging, lifting weights) so that their bones grow thick and strong are slowing down this noncommunicable disease.
What is osteoporosis?