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Chronic Diseases: Warm-Up #4

Chronic Diseases: Warm-Up #4. Copy the following in your notebook. Lifestyle Disease : a disease associated with the way a person lives Examples: Heart D isease Stroke Obesity Type 2 Diabetes Diseases associated with smoking, alcohol, and drugs.

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Chronic Diseases: Warm-Up #4

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  1. Chronic Diseases: Warm-Up #4 Copy the following in your notebook Lifestyle Disease: a disease associated with the way a person lives • Examples: • Heart Disease • Stroke • Obesity • Type 2 Diabetes • Diseases associated with smoking, alcohol, and drugs Chronic Disease: a disease lasting 3 or more months; cannot be prevented by vaccines or cured by medicine • Examples: • Arthritis • Cardiovascular Disease • Cancer • Diabetes • Epilepsy

  2. Today’s vocabulary Apathy: a lack of strong feeling, interest, or concern Blood pressure: measure of the amount of force that the blood places on the walls of flood vessels, particularly large arteries, as it is pumped through the body Bronchitis: inflammation of the bronchi caused by irritants Chronic Disease: an ongoing disease or condition Heredity: all the traits that were biologically passed on to your from your parents

  3. Cardiovascular Disease • Disease the affects the heart or blood vessels • 2 Types: • Hypertension & Atherosclerosis • Hypertension: High Blood Pressure • Atherosclerosis: disease where there is an accumulation of plaque on the artery walls • Behavioral Factors: • Smoking • Poor diet • Lack of activity • Alcohol • Overweight • Environmental Factors: • Stressful workplace • Family situations • Etc…

  4. Hypertension/Atheroclerosis

  5. Cancer • uncontrollable growth of abnormal cells • Tumor: abnormal mass of tissue that has no natural role in the body • Benign = Non-cancerous • Malignant = Cancerous • Skin Cancer • Carcinoma • Mole or freckle that changes; sore that won’t heal • Detected with physical exam or biopsy • Behavioral Factors: • Sun and tanning beds • Environmental Factors: • Occupation • Ozone layer • Lack of shade • Time of day • Lung Cancer • No immediate symptoms • Detected with severe cough, shortness of breath, wheezing; biopsy • Behavioral Factors: • Smoking • Environmental Factors: • Air pollution • Occupation • Radon • Asbestos • Pollution

  6. Osteoporosis • condition in which there is a progressive loss of bone tissue • Detected: • Natural part of aging, but can be largely prevented throughout teen years • X-ray • Behavioral Factors: • Lack of activity • Lack of calcium and vitamin D • Environmental Factors: • None identified

  7. Bronchitis • inflammation of the bronchi caused by irritants • Causes mucus that blocks airways and causes wheezing and coughing • Treatment: • Antibiotics & reducing exposure • Behavioral Factors: • Smoking • Choice of occupation • Environmental Factors: • Pollution • Asbestos • Secondhand smoke

  8. Emphysema • progressively destroys the walls of the lungs • Symptoms • No immediate symptoms • Difficulty breathing, chronic cough, wheezing • Behavioral Factors: • Smoking • Choice of occupation • Environmental Factors: • Pollution • Asbestos • Secondhand smoke

  9. Top 3 Leading Causes of Death

  10. Top 3 Leading Causes of Death • Stroke

  11. Top 3 Leading Causes of Death • Cancer • Stroke

  12. Top 3 Leading Causes of Death • Cardiovascular Disease • Cancer • Stroke

  13. Exit Ticket • Draw and complete the following table:

  14. Exit Ticket • Apply the decision-making model to two of the following health risks: • Cancer • Osteoporosis • Bronchitis • Emphysema • HIV • Diabetes • Heart Disease • Strep

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