Prevention/NCD
List one way you can prevent heart disease.
Eat healthy, don't smoke, exercise
Another word for high blood pressure...
What is hypertension?
What type of diabetes causes the immune system attacks insulin producing cells.
What is Type 1 diabetes?
What is happening when someone has a stroke? What is a stroke?
Deprivation of oxygen to the brain
What ways cancer is treated? name 3
radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and surgery
diseases that are caused by lifestyle factors, heredity, and environmental factors
What are non-communicable diseases?
Nicotine causes blood vessels to _________________.
Constrict (get narrower/smaller)
What type of diabetes causes the body to not use the insulin that is being produced.
What is Type 2 diabetes?
The left side of your brain controls what side of your body?
Right
What are ways to reduce risk of cancer? Name 3
avoiding tobacco, avoiding overexposure to the sun, being physically active, annual testing, procedures, vaccines, get screened for pre cancerous lesions.
Which non communicable diseases has the highest mortality rate out of the 4 we talked about?
What is a heart disease.
eating healthy, healthy BMI, staying active, staying tobacco free, managing stress
What are ways to reduce risk of heart disease?
What is the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes?
Type 1 is an autoimmune disease , type 2 is related to lifestyle choices, obesity, genetics.
What are some risks for stroke? Name 2
smoking, unhealthy diet, obesity, alcohol use
What does the "A" stand for in checking your ABCDs for skin cancer?
Asymmetry (uneven)
Name 2 self exams you should be performing each month to prevent cancer.
breast/chest exams, testicular and skin exams.
The substance that can build up in the arteries causing a heart attack ...
plaque
the type of diabetes that was once known as adult onset but is now more frequently diagnosed in children
What is Type 2 diabetes?
Name 3 warning signs of a stroke.
paralysis of any kind, dizziness, confusion, cold sweat, pale, slurring words, blurry vision, unable to talk, sudden fall, unsteadiness.
Name 2 warning signs of cancer (CAUTION)
answers vary, cannot repeat
What does the "D" stand for in ABCD in regards to self skin exams?
Diameter (no larger than 1/4 inch/eraser)
Name 3 signs of a heart attack:
tight chest, jaw pain, pale, dizzy, pain in arms, numbness, tingling, cold, short of breath, nausea.
the type of diabetes that is diagnosed very early in one's life and is most likely genetic.
What is Type 1 diabetes?
If you think someone is having a stroke, you can ask them to do these 3 things to assess (STR)
Smile, talk/tongue, Raise arms.
Name 3 warning signs of Cancer (CAUTION)
answers vary (cannot repeat)