Health & Disease (AQA GCSE Biology Combined Science): Flashcards
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What is health?
What is health?
Complete physical and mental wellbeing
What are the three main parts of health?
What are the three main parts of health?
Physical, mental, and social wellbeing
What are non-communicable diseases?
What are non-communicable diseases?
Diseases that cannot be passed from person to person
What are communicable diseases?
What are communicable diseases?
Diseases that can be passed from person to person
Examples of non-communicable diseases
Examples of non-communicable diseases
Heart disease, cancer, diabetes
Examples of communicable diseases
Examples of communicable diseases
Colds, flu, measles, food poisoning
What health factors affect health besides disease?
What health factors affect health besides disease?
Diet, stress, life situations
What is the effect of a weak immune system?
What is the effect of a weak immune system?
More prone to infectious diseases
What can severe physical ill-health lead to?
What can severe physical ill-health lead to?
Mental illness such as depression
How is H. pylori treated?
How is H. pylori treated?
Antibiotics kill it and heal ulcers in 1-2 months