Health Issues (AQA GCSE Biology): Flashcards
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Definition of health
Definition of health
Physical, mental, & social well-being, not just absence of disease
Communicable diseases
Communicable diseases
Infectious diseases caused by pathogens that can pass person to person
Example of communicable disease
Example of communicable disease
Flu
Non-communicable diseases
Non-communicable diseases
Not infectious, cannot be transmitted person to person
Example of non-communicable disease
Example of non-communicable disease
Heart disease
Two ways diseases can interact
Two ways diseases can interact
Triggering another disease or worsening its effects
Effect of weakened immune system
Effect of weakened immune system
More susceptible to communicable diseases
Virus that can trigger liver cancer
Virus that can trigger liver cancer
Hepatitis virus
How physical health decline affects mental health
How physical health decline affects mental health
Can lead to depression
Impact of poor diet on health
Impact of poor diet on health
Can cause type 2 diabetes, obesity, and malnutrition
Conditions from poor diet
Conditions from poor diet
Type 2 diabetes, obesity, malnutrition
Effects of chronic stress
Effects of chronic stress
Linked to heart disease, cancers, mental health disorders
Life situation factors affecting health
Life situation factors affecting health
Location, finances, ethnicity, healthcare access, hygiene
Methods to display health data
Methods to display health data
Frequency tables, bar charts, histograms, scatter diagrams