Health Flashcards
(32 cards)
Malaria causes
- bug bites person, parasite into booodstream, parasite expands in the liver, person becomes ill, if bug bites another person they will then become ill
- only females spread
- need still water to breed
- warm & rainy = perfect
- poor sanitation
Malaria effects
- very serious affect on business
- no business = no income
- families loose out on income
- crops unharvested
- malaria affects country suffer
- fewer tourists
Malaria solutions
- medicines
- apply insect repellent
- increase awareness
- mosquito nests over nests
- insecticides
- draining pools
- flushing out dams
- planting eucalyptus trees
- introduce larve easting fish and mosquito numbers will decrease
- mustard seeds in ponds
- coconuts produce BTI which kills mosquitoes
HIV/AIDS Causes
Drug abuse
Weaned immune system so more suspect able to infection and illness
HIV/AIDS Causes
Needles
Using dirty needles encourages the spread
HIV/AIDS Causes
Poverty
More likely to be suffering from malnutrition, poor sanitation means infection and illness more likely
HIV/AIDS Causes
Malnutrition
Makes the body weaker
HIV/AIDS Causes
Other infections
More infections experienced by someone HIV positive the quicker it developed
HIV/AIDS Causes
War
Causes poverty and malnourishment
HIV/AIDS Causes
Fluids
Blood fluids passed on to someone who has HIV/AIDS that person becomes ill
The main ways HIV is transported
- sharing a needle which someone affected
- having unprotected sex
- babies drinking milk of infected mother
- virus passed from mother to baby in childbirth
HIV/AIDS Solutions
Drugs
Slow the effects of hiv but are expensive
HIV/AIDS Solutions
Health education
Are good at promoting safe sex and getting the message to everyone
HIV/AIDS Solutions
Encouraging health workers
To use fresh needles for each patient
HIV/AIDS Solutions
Cheaper testing kits
This makes it more accessible for people to know if they have the virus
HIV/AIDS Solutions
Tv and radio campaigns
To get the message across
Heart disease causes
Fatty foods
Can increase cholesterol which narrows arteries. Cause obesity which puts extra strain in heart
Heart disease causes
Excercise
Lack of exercise
Heart disease causes
Nicotine
Increase heart rate and blood pressure so more oxygen is needed to the heart
Heart disease causes
Stress
Increases blood pressure and causes people to comfort eat
Heart disease causes
High blood pressure
Often inherited
Heart disease risk factors
Having high cholesterol and blood pressure can lead to heart disease and death
Heart disease symptoms
Many suffer experience of chest pain
Heart disease symptoms
If Arteries become completely blocked it can cause a heart attack
