Vocab
These are diseases caused by heredity, the environment, and a person's lifestyle and are not contagious.
What are Noninfectious Diseases?
This a may result when damage to part of the brain has been caused by a blockage or blood supply or leakage of blood outside of the artery wall.
What is stroke?
This is very important in fighting degenerative diseases.
What is Prevention?
Change in bowl or bladder habits
What is the "silent killer"?
This is then the body's tissues break down and do not grow or function properly.
What are Degenerative Diseases?
An abnormally low level of sugar in the blood.
What is Hypoglycemia?
One of the most important things you can do to help avoid certain diseases is to ______ _____ ______ ______.
What is Know Your Medical History?
What does the A in CAUTION stand for?
A sore that does not heal
A non-cancerous tumor is called _____ and a cancerous tumor is called _______.
benign and malignant
This is a disease or condition caused primarily by a defect or defects in the inherited, genetic material within a person's genes.
What is Genetic Disorder?
This is a hardening of the arteries.
What is Arteriosclerosis?
A microscopic examination of tissue cells.
What does U in CAUTION stand for?
Unusual bleeding or discharge
This is characterized by pain, swelling, stiffness, and redness of the joints.
What is Arthritis?
This describes genetic disorders that are evident at birth.
What is Congenital?
The name given to tumors that move from one location in the body to another.
What is Metastasis?
Daily Double: List the ways to prevent heart disease.
1. Regular screening of blood pressure
2. Reduce your weight
3. Do not smoke
4. Reduce or stop drinking alcohol
5. Eat a health diet
6. Learn to manage stress
What do the T and I in CAUTION stand for?
Thickening or lump in the breast or elsewhere
Indigestion or difficulty swallowing
Whatever the situation, ____________ for those who suffer from any noninfectious diseases is important.
What is compassion?
Theses are diseases that are caused by your health habits.
What are Lifestyle Diseases?
This is a progressive condition in which nerve cells in the brain degenerate and the brain loses its ability to function.
What is Alzheimer's disease?
Daily Double: List the dietary changes you can make to fight cancer.
1. Eat a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and fiber and low in fat.
2. Eat vegetables rich in beta carotene
3. Eat a diet rick in calcium
4. Eat fewer salt and highly processed foods
What do the O and N in CAUTION stand for?
Obvious change in a wart of mole
Nagging cough or hoarseness
List the 5 factors that contribute to the development of cancer.
1. A person's genetic makeup (inherited)
2. Lifestyle habits
3. Environmental factors
4. Occupational hazards
5. Body's reaction to a virus