Health Issues Flashcards

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What is health?

The state of physical and mental well-being.

What is the difference between a communicable and a non-communicable disease?

Communicable diseases are caused by pathogens and can spread between people; non-communicable diseases cannot be spread, e.g. coronary heart disease.

How does a defect in the immune system affect a person's health?

They are more likely to suffer from infectious (communicable) diseases.

Which type of pathogen living inside cells can be a trigger for cancers?

Viruses.

True or false? An immune reaction initially caused by a pathogen can trigger an allergy such as a skin rash or asthma.

True. This is one example of different types of disease interacting.

What effect can severe physical ill health have on mental health?

It can lead to depression and other mental illnesses.