Lesson 1
Name 2 ways to reduce the risk of getting a communicable disease
- Wash your hands often
- Don't share cups, utensils, bottles, ect.
- Keep fingers out of eyes, nose, and mouth
- Cover your mouth/nose when you cough/sneeze
- Get a flu shot
Whats is one way to keep your immune system strong?
- Wash hands and shower often
- Eat healthy foods
- Drink water
- Get plenty of sleep
What are 3 symptoms of a common cold?
- Tiredness
- Cough
- Sore throat
- Stuffy or runny nose
- Sneezing
- Watery eyes
What is the difference between a chronic disease and an acute disease?
Chronic diseases last a long time or keep coming back
Acute diseases only last for a short amount of time
A disease in which cells multiply in ways that are not normal and destroy the healthy cells around them.
Cancer
What is the difference between communicable diseases and noncommunicable diseases?
Communicable diseases can be spread from person to person, noncommunicable diseases cannot
A rise in your body's temperature
Fever
What might a doctor suggest you do to help ease symptoms of a common cold?
- Get extra rest
- Drink lots of water
- Take over the counter medicine
This disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.
Heart disease
A chronic condition in which the small airways in the lungs become narrow making it hard to breath.
Asthma
What is a microbe?
A living thing that is too small to be seen without a microscope
What does it mean to be immune to a disease?
It means you are protected from getting that disease
A change in your body's condition or function that may signify disease.
Symptom
A lack of oxygen to the brain due to a blocked or burst blood vessel.
Stroke
Benign and malignant are both types of what?
Tumors
List 3 different ways pathogens can enter the body.
-Eyes
-Mouth
-Nose
-Skin
A substance in blood that helps fight pathogens.
Antibody
A drug used to kill or slow the growth of germs that cause disease.
Antibiotic
An ______ disease is a disease caused by traits you get from your parents.
Two examples are cystic fibrosis and sickle-cell anemia
Inherited
A type 1 diabetic produces little or none of this hormone that helps body cells use sugar.
Insulin
There are 4 kinds of pathogens. Name 3
- Virus
- Bacteria
- Fungus
- Protozoa
What are the 3 stages of disease?
Incubation, acute, and recovery
A rash that looks like the bullseye of a target is a symptom of what disease?
Lyme disease
List 3 risk factors for heart disease
- Heredity
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Smoking
- Overweight
CAUTION is an acronym that stands for the warning signs of cancer. Describe any 3 of the warning signs.
-Change in bowel or bladder habits
- A sore that does not heal
- Unusual bleeding or discharge
- Thickening or lump in breast or somewhere else
- Indigestion or difficulty swallowing
- Obvious change in a wart or mole
- Nagging cough or hoarseness