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Define the term- health |
A complete state of mental, physical and social well-being |
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Define mental, social & physical well-being |
Mental- How you feel about yourself Social- how well you get along with others Physical- eating/ sleeping well/ free of disease |
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Define the term- disease |
A problem with the structure or process in the body tgat isn't resulted from injury |
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State the difference between communicable and non-communicable disease |
Communicable diseases can passed on from person to person Non-communicable diseases can't be passed on between people |
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Give 3 examples of communicable and non-communicable diseases |
communicable- influenza, tuberculosis, cholera, HIV/AIDS, ebola
Non-communicable- cancer, diabetes, heart disease, lung disease |
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Name two effects of the flu virus |
High temperature Sneezing Aches Pain |
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Define the term- pathegon |
A microorganism that causes disease |
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Explain disease correlation |
A disease that damages the immune system, making it easier for a pathegons to cause another disease
E.g: HIV breaks down our bodies immune system, making us more vulnerable to other diseases (i.e AIDS) |
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Name 2 causes of non-communicable diseases |
Faulty genes Unhealthy lifestyle |
