Understanding Health
What is health?
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being.
What is a disease?
This is a condition that interferes with normal body or mind function.
What are communicable diseases?
These diseases can spread from person to person.
This respiratory disease causes wheezing and shortness of breath.
Asthma
What is a sign?
This is something that can be observed or measured, like a rash or fever.
A person is healthy if they are physically fine.
False
What is an illness?
This term refers to a period when a person feels unwell.
Influenza and tuberculosis fall under this category of disease.
Communicable diseases.
This disease is caused by eating contaminated food and leads to vomiting and diarrhea.
Food poisoning
What is a symptom?
This is something a patient feels, like pain or nausea.
What type of blood cells help to fight off infections?
White blood cells
Name two micro-organisms that can make you ill.
Bacteria/ Fungi / Viruses
Diabetes and cancer are examples of this type of disease
Nnon-communicable diseases
This bacterial disease spreads through contaminated water and causes severe diarrhea.
Cholera
What is diagnosis?
This process involves identifying a disease based on signs and symptoms.
Describe what a balanced is.
A diet that has all the nutrients for the daily requirements.
What type of disease cannot be spread from one person to another.
Non communicable
Name a disease that is caused by lifestyle but also can be passed through genetics.
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This respiratory infection causes fever, sore throat, and body aches.
Influenza (flu)
Fever is an example of this type of indicator.
Sign or Symptom
Sign
What are three things you can do to ensure that you remain healthy.
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Name five examples of communicable diseases.
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Name a disease and how it affects an individual.
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This condition involves sores forming in the lining of the stomach.
Stomach ulcer
Give five examples of symptoms.
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