The Basics
Also known as communicable diseases.
Infectious diseases
The largest physical defense your body has.
Skin
The most common way to treat an illness caused by a bacteria.
antibiotic
Yellow fever, Dengue fever, and West Nile virus can all be spread by
Mosquito bite
Something that causes stress is referred to as a
stressor
This type of pathogen causes mononucleosis, mumps, chickenpox, and rabies.
Viruses
Small hair-like structures that line mucous membranes.
Cilia
Symptoms of this condition may not show up for many years after initial infection.
Tuberculosis
An emerging disease is an infectious disease that had become increasingly common in the last how many years?
20
This eating disorder may include symptoms such as bingeing and purging.
Bulimia
Rocky Mountain spotted fever and lyme disease can be spread through...
Tick bites
These destroy cells that have been infected by a pathogen.
Killer T Cells
This can be caused by viruses, bacteria, or even fungi.
Pneumonia
Health official in which country hope to eradicate polio by giving an oral vaccine to all children under five.
India
This is considered one of the main stress hormones
Cortisol
One type of food poisoning that can be caused by a bacteria that lives in poultry and eggs.
Salmonella
These act as a sort of filter using phagocytes and lymphocytes to attack pathogens.
Lymph nodes
In most cases, there is no particular medicine that can cure this type of infection.
Viral
This term refers to the fact that people around the world are no longer isolated from each other.
Globalization
These are the four categories of health/wellness
Physical, Mental/Emotional, Social, Spiritual
A bacteria found in soil produces a toxin that can cause this.
Tetnus
The type of immunity that results from having an illness or receiving a vaccine.
Active Immunity
Jaundice can be a symptom of this disease.
Hepatitis
An unusually high occurrence of a disease in a certain place during a certain time period.
Epidemic
In terms of the stress response G.A.S. stands for
General Adaptation Syndrome