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LUNG CANCER
COPD
ASTHMA
HYPERTENSION
AORTIC ANEURYSM
100

 TRUE OR FALSE-

YOU CANNOT BE DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER IF YOU HAVE NEVER SMOKED. 

FALSE- LUNG CANCER CAN BE CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO MANY DIFFERENT TOXINS SUCH AS POLLUTION, DIESEL EXHAUST, RADON, ASBESTOS AND SECOND HAND SMOKE.  

100

WHAT DOES COPD STAND FOR?

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE.

100
TRUE OR FALSE:

THERE IS A CURE FOR ASTHMA. 

FALSE- SYMPTOMS CAN BE MANAGED AND TREATED IN VARIOUS WAYS. EX. INHALERS

100

WHAT IS HYPERTENSION?

A LONG TERM MEDICAL CONDITION IN WHICH BLOOD PRESSURE IN THE ARTERIES IS CONTINUOUSLY ELEVATED. 

100

WHAT IS AN AORTIC ANEURYSM? 

ABNORMAL BULGE IN THE WALL OF A MAJOR BLOOD VESSEL. 

200

HOW MANY PEOPLE IN CANADA ARE DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER EVERY DAY? 

A) 32    B) 136    C) 94    D) 81

D- APPROXIMATELY 81 PEOPLE IN CANADA ARE DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER EVERY DAY. 

200

WHAT CAUSES COPD?

LONG TERM EXPOSURE TO IRRITANTS THAT DAMAGE YOUR LUNGS. EX. SMOKING

200

IN 2011, HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE DIAGNOSED WITH WITH ASTHMA IN CANADA?

a) 4.2 million

b) 3.8 million

c) 5 million

B- 3.8 MILLION PEOPLE WERE DIAGNOSED IN CANADA IN 2011. 

200
TRUE OR FALSE: 

MORE MEN THAN WOMEN HAVE HYPERTENSION. 

TRUE- 47% OF MEN HAVE HYPERTENSION COMPARED TO 43% OF WOMEN. 

200

WHAT CAUSES AN AORTIC ANEURYSM?

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, SMOKING AND A FAMILY HISTORY INCREASES YOUR RISK. 

300

TRUE OR FALSE

MORE MEN ARE DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER THAN WOMEN. 

TRUE

300

IS THERE A CURE FOR COPD? 

THERE IS NO KNOWN CURE FOR COPD.  YOU CAN REDUCE SYMPTOMS BY STOP SMOKING AND REDUCING CONTACT WITH IRRITANTS IN THE AIR. 

300

IN WHAT 2 PROVINCES IN CANADA IS ASTHMA MOST PREVALENT? 

ONTARIO AND MANITOBA

300

WHAT IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF HYPERTENSION?

A DIET HIGH IN SALT OR CHOLESTEROL.  DIABETES IS ALSO LINKED TO HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. 

300

TRUE OR FALSE:

THERE IS A CURE FOR AN AORTIC ANEURYSM? 

FALSE- IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOVER ONCE THE WALL OF A BLOOD VESSEL IS DAMAGED. 

400
WHAT IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF LUNG CANCER?
SMOKING
400

TRUE OR FALSE:

COPD IS GENETIC? 

FALSE

400

WHO DISCOVERED ASTHMA?

HIPPOCRATES 

400

IS HYPERTENSION HEREDITARY? 

IF YOUR PARENTS HAVE HYPER TENSION, YOU ARE AT AN ELEVATED RISK OF DEVELOPING THE CONDITION. 

400

HOW MANY PEOPLE DIE FROM ANEURYSMS IN CANADA EACH YEAR? 

A) 10,000

B) 15,000

C) 12, 000

B- 15,000