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Health and Disease Overview
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- 1Define Health.A state of physical and emotional wellbeing.
- 2Causes of ill health.Communicable/infectious diseases.
Non infectious diseases.
Poor diet.
Stress.
Access to nutrition/medical care.
Lifestyle. - 3Difference between infectious and non-infectious diseases.Communicable/contagious diseases spread between people and sometimes animals.
Non communicable diseases do not spread. Causes are often genetic or environmental. Example - Asthma. - 4One disease can lead to another.Diseases can be caused by a number of factors. Problems with your immune system make you vulnerable to more infections. Viruses in cells can be triggers for cancer: HPV, for instance, can trigger cervical cancer. Continued physical maladies can cause depression and other mental health issues.
- 5Non-infectious diseases can be costly.Many millions die from non-communicable diseases each year. This infers a lower quality-of-life and lower life-span for those who suffer.
Cost of researching and treating these diseases is in the hundreds of billions.
Families are affected. Homes and vehicles may have to be adapted. Work is missed for both the patient and a family carer. As a result, the economy suffers. - 6Risk FactorsRisk factors are linked to increased rate of disease. This may increase the statistical likelihood of disease, without necessarily contracting the illness. Risk factors include: Lifestyle Aspects (exercise & diet, for example) and also Environmental Factors (such as climate and pollutants)
- 7Local Lifestyle FactorsLocally, individual choices can effect the local disease incidence.
- 8National Lifestyle FactorsIn deprived areas, people are more likely to smoke, lack exercise and maintain a poor diet. This leads to higher levels of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in these areas.
- 9Global Lifestyle FactorsIn developed countries, non-communicable diseases are more common. Factors include a higher fat diet, lack of exercise and longer life spans.
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- Diseases can communicable or non-communicable. Health can be physical and mental. A number of different factors effects our health both a local and global level.
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- bill fingleton · Jan 2019
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- Jan 22, 2019
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