Topic 2 D Flashcards
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What is a communicable desease
Can spread from person to person through animals and humans
What is a non communicable disease
Cannot spread between animals or people
Factors affecting health
Balanced diet
Stress
Life situation
Financial cost of non communicable diseases
NHS research
Family member ill = not working
Risk factors increase chances of getting disease
Smoking
Obesity
Alcohol
Cancer
What is cancer caused by
Uncontrolled cell growth and division
What is benign tumor
Tumor stays in one place
Isn’t usually dangerous
Isn’t cancerous
What us malignant tumour
Tumour grows and spreads
Celle can break off and spread to other parts of body through blood stream
Invade healthy tissues elsewhere and form secondary tumours
Dangerous and fatal and cancerous
Risk factors of cancer
Smoking
Obesity
Uv exposure
Viral infection
Genetics
What is a risk factor
Factors which increase probability of developing a disease
2 types of risk factor
Lifestyle
Substances
What is disease interaction
One disease can trigger or cause another
Eg Virus occupying cells can bring about cancer
Why sample
Countries population is so big so you take some people, find the pattern with them and assume it’s the same for everyone
Health =
physical and mental wellbeing
