Heart Disease
Name two lifestyle choices that help protect heart and blood vessel health.
1. Eating more fruits and vegetables / less salt and fat
2 getting regular moderate exercise
3. maintaining a healthy weight
A mass of abnormal cells is called this.
Tumor
Diabetes that occurs when the body cannot make insulin because the immune system attacks insulin-making cells is called this
Type 1 diabetes.
This chronic respiratory disease causes airways to constrict and fill with mucus.
Asthma
Name 2 ways to treat Arthritis
anti-inflammatory medicine
pain relievers
mild physical activity
surgery to repair damage
replacement with an artificial joint (for a severely damaged joint)
Decreased blood flow to the heart can cause this emergency condition.
Heart Attack
Name two common types of cancer
Breast
Colon
Skin
Lung
This type of diabetes often involves the body not responding properly to insulin and is linked to inactive lifestyles and excess weight
Type 2
People can reduce the risk of bronchitis and emphysema by avoiding this major cause
Tobacco Use
List 3 major differences between a healthy airway and an airway in someone who has asthma
swelling, tight muscles, mucus
The hardening and thickening of blood vessel walls is called this.
Arteriosclerosis.
This cancer treatment uses powerful X-rays to shrink or kill cancer tissue
Radiation Therapy
Give two everyday actions a person with diabetes can take to manage their blood sugar
Regularly checking blood sugar, regular insulin injections (if prescribed), controlling food and sugar intake, getting moderate physical activity
Name 3 common triggers for allergic rhinitis
Name 3 risk factors for non-infectious diseases
Heredity
Environment
Lifestyle Choices
This is the name for the build-up of plaque inside blood vessels that can reduce blood flow and lead to heart attacks.
Atherosclerosis
Name the 2 categories of seizures
1. petit mal/absence
2. tonic clonic/grand mal
List four treatments or management strategies for diabetes mentioned in the slides.
Regular blood sugar checks, insulin (for Type 1), controlling food and sugars consumed, moderate physical activity (also medication when prescribed).
Name the place arthritis occurs and list 3 examples
Joints (knee, wrist, hip etc)
Name 4 signs of a heart attack
nausea, vomiting, arm pain, shoulder pain, chest pain, shortness of breath etc
List three treatments or approaches commonly used to treat many noninfectious heart conditions
Changing behaviors (diet, exercise)
medication
surgeries or procedures (as appropriate)
physical therapy
Describe what immunotherapy does in the treatment of cancer
Immunotherapy stimulates the body’s defense system to attack the cancer.
Which type of diabetes can often be prevented through lifestyle choices
Type 2
Which type of arthritis is an autoimmune disease?
Rheumatoid Arthritis
What type of cancer does the yellow ribbon symbolize
Bone cancer