Heart Disease
What is heart Disease?
Heart Disease is any condition that weakens the heart or blood vessels or interferes with the way they perform.
True or False? A carcinogen is a substance that can cause cancer.
What is diabetes?
a serious condition characterized by high levels of glucose in the blood.
True or False? Anything that causes an allergic reaction is called an allergen.
What is bacteria?
What are some symptoms of heart disease?
Some symptoms are pressure/squeezing in the chest, pain in the neck and arm, chest discomfort, and shortness of breathe
What is a tumor?
A tumor is a mass of abnormal cells.
What is the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes?
Type 1 diabetes is where the immune system destroys the insulin-producing cells. Where as type 2 is a condition is which the body cannot use the insulin it promotes.
Name the 3 prevention methods.
What are viruses?
An organism that lives with-in a hosts cells.
Some risk factors for heart disease include:
Age, gender, family history, smoking, an unhealthy diet, and lack of exercise.
The two types are benign and malignant. Benign is harmless and malignant can be dangerous.
What produces glucose?
the pancreas produces glucose.
Name all the ways an allergic reaction can happen.
Contact is made with the allergen, histamine is released, and the immune system triggers a non-specific response.
What is a specific response?
How is unmanaged stress harmful to your heart?
Unmanaged stress can put strain on the heart and increase blood pressure.
What is radiation therapy?
Radiation therapy is the use of X-rays and protons to kill cancer cells limited to a single area.
What complications can type 2 diabetes have?
Type 2 diabetes can affect major organs, can cause heart and blood vessel disease along with nerve damage in limbs, kidney disease, and eye damage.
What are all of the causes for allergies?
What is the lymphatic system?
Carries fluid known as lymph
Saturated fats, salt, sugar, and cholesterol are linked to heart disease.
What percent of cancers are heredity?
5 to 10%
How does having high stress affect type 2 diabetes?
If you have high stress, it raises blood sugar levels and affects insulin intake.
Antihistamine
What is remission?
A period during which cancer signs and symptoms disappear.