Health Issues

Question 1

How does heart attacks happen

Answer 1

Fats build up in arteries
Less blood getting through
Less blood means less oxygen
If heart doesn’t get enough oxygen you will experience a heart attack

Question 2

Treatments for coronary heart disease

Answer 2

Stents

Statins

Question 3

What do stents do

Answer 3

Wire inserted mesh opens up the artery

Question 4

Advantages of stents

Answer 4

Relieves blockage immediately
Will flow as normal
Increases chances of survival
Surgery is minimal

Question 5

Disadvantages of stents

Answer 5

Infection risk
Heart failure risk
Blood clot risk
Includes risky surgery

Question 6

What are statins

Answer 6

Drugs that lower the cholesterol in your blood

Question 7

Statin advantages

Answer 7

Slow rate of fat build up
Lowers risk of heart attacks
Can help with other illnesses too
Doesn’t include surgery

Question 8

Statins risk

Answer 8

Inconvenience as you have to take them every day
Over a much longer period of time
Takes longer to have any affects

Question 9

Communicable definition

Answer 9

A disease that can be passed on

Question 10

Non communicable definition

Answer 10

A disease that cannot be passed on

Question 11

Risk factors for non communicable diseases

Answer 11

Smoking
Diet
Low exercise
Alcohol

Question 12

What is a melignent tumour

Answer 12

Uncontrolled growing set of cells
That are not stable
Spreads around the body
Can form secondary rumours

Question 13

Benign tumour definition

Answer 13

Uncontrolled growing cell
Don’t move around the body
Remain in same place
Less of a risk

Question 14

Risk factors for rumours and cancers

Answer 14

Smoking
Exposure to radiation
Obesity

Question 15

What are communicable diseases carried by?

Answer 15

Pathogens such as
Viruses 
Bacteria 
Funguses
Protists

Question 16

Types of transmissions

Answer 16

Air bourn
Physical contact (contaminated surfaces)
Through water

Question 17

Are viruses living

Answer 17

No

Question 18

How do viruses replicate?

Answer 18

They replicate by using a host such as a cell

Using the machinery of the cell to power it

Question 19

Examples of viruses

Answer 19

Measles
HIV
TMV

Question 20

Measles symptoms

Answer 20

Fever
Red rash
Spread by inhaling coughs or sneezes

Question 21

How is HIV spread

Answer 21

Through unprotected sex

Exchange of bodily fluids

Question 22

TMV symptoms

Answer 22

Discoloured plant leaves
Less growth
Reduces photosynthesis

Question 23

Why do you feel ill when having a bacterial infection

Answer 23

Bacteria can release toxins inside your body that make you feel ill

Question 24

Salmonella symptoms

Answer 24

Abdominal cramps
Fever
Vomiting
DIAHORREA

Question 25

How is gonhorrea spread

Answer 25

Sexually transmitted

Question 26

Symptoms of ghonorrea

Answer 26

Green or yellow discharge Pain when urinating Pain in reproductive organs

Question 27

What type of disease is rose black spots

Answer 27

Fungal disease

Question 28

What does rose black spots do

Answer 28

Purple or black spots on the leaves | Affects photosynthesis

Question 29

How does rose black spots spread

Answer 29

By wind or water

Question 30

What are protists

Answer 30

They are eukaryotic single celled parasites transmitted through vector

Question 31

What is vector

Answer 31

Hosts are unaffected but can pass it on

Question 32

Example of a protist

Answer 32

Malaria

Question 33

Example of a vector

Answer 33

Mosquito

Question 34

Symptoms of malaria

Answer 34

High fever

Question 35

How to reduce malaria

Answer 35

Reduce breeding