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Types of Diseases
Diagnose and Treatment
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What teens need to know
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What is atherosclerosis?
A disease characterized by the accumulation of plaque on artery walls
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What can cause plaque to build up in your arteries walls?
IF you smoke,have high blood pressure, or have high cholesterol levels
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What is an EKG?
it produces graphs of the hearts electrical activity and shows the hearts function.
100
What are the three signs of a stroke that you should call 911 if you are experiencig them?
- pressure, fullness, squeezing, or aching in the chest area -pain spreading to arms, neck, jaw, abdomen, or back -chest discomfort, with shortness of breath, lightheaded feeling, sweating, nausea, or vomiting
100
When does CDV start to develop?
adolescence or early childhood
200
What is angina pectoris?
Chest pain that results when the heart does not get enough oxygen.
200
What are 4 different heart diseases?
Angina Pectoris, Arrhythmia, Heart Attack, and Congestive Heart Failure
200
What are the four treatment options for treating heart disease?
Coronary Bypass, Angioplasty, Pacemaker, and Laser Intervention
200
What are the warning signs of a stroke?
severe headache, numbness on one side of the body, confusion, trouble walking, dizziness, and trouble seeing out of one or both eyes.
200
What are the three risk factors that the american heart association has identified?
Heredity, gender, and age can all increase the risk of heart attack or stroke
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What is another name for irregular heartbeats?
Arrhythmias
300
What is another name for high blood pressure?
Hypertension
300
What is a Angiography?
Thin, flexible tube guided through blood vessels to the heart. Dye is injected and motion x-rays taken to look for heart obstructions
300
Drugs know as ____ ____ can break up a clot and restore the normal flow of blood to the brain.
Clot Busters
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What percent of deaths from CDVs are smoking related?
20%
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What is an acute injury in which blood flow to the brain is interrupted?
A Stroke
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What is arteriosclerosis?
hardened arteries with reduced elasticity
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Which treatment option uses a small balloon to clear a blocked artery?
Angioplasty
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what happens during ventricular fibrillation?
the electrical impulses that regulate the heart rhythm become rapid or irregular.
400
What preventive measure should you take if you have high cholesterol?
eat fewer high-fat and high-cholesterol foods, and get regular physical activity
500
What type of disease can not be transmitted by another person, a vector, or the environment?
Noncommunicable Disease
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What is a CVD?
Cardiovascular Disease
500
What is it called when you remove a healthy vein from another area to create a detour around the blocked artery?
Coronary Bypass
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What occurs when the heart gradually weakens and can no longer maintain its regular pumping rate and force?
Congestive Heart Failure
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how many non-smokers who are exposed to secondhand smoke die each year from CVDs?
46,000 people