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HSC3102 Module 14
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Health Care
Undergraduate 3
12/01/2012

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Term
What are the 4 risk factors you can't control?
Definition
Heredity
Aging
Environmental conditions
organism resistance
Term
After what age do you become more vulnerable for most chronic diseases?
Definition
40
Term
What are the risk factors you can control?
Definition
Stress
Nutrition
Physical activity
Sleep
Drug use
Personal hygiene
High risk behaviors
Term
What are the five types of transmission?
Definition
Direct contact
Indirect contact
Autoinoculation
Animal-borne pathogens
Interspecies transmission
Term
Describe bacteria and give examples
Definition
Single-celled organisms
Streptococcal Infections
Meningitis
Pneumonia
Tuberculosis
Term
Describe viruses
Definition
Smallest pathogens
Protein structures
Term
What are the 4 Other types of pathogens?
Definition
Fungi
Protozoa
Parasitic worms
Prions
Term
ID:
unconventional virus, self-replicating protein based agent that can affect humans and other animals
Definition
Prion
Term
What are the body's four chemical and physical defenses?
Definition
Skin
Enzymes
Body temperature
Linings of the body
Term
What are the five aspects of the immune system?
Definition
Antigens
Antibodies
Immunoglobulins
Humoral immune response
Cell-mediated immunity
Term
ID:
any substance that triggers an immune response
Definition
antigen
Term
What are the three purposes of vaccines?
Definition
Vaccination and T- and B-cell memory
Acquired immunity
Natural immunity
Term
What is released during an allergic reaction?
Definition
histamines
Term
What is the fourth leading COD?
Definition
Chronic lung diseases
Term
Sleep Apnea effects how many americans?
Definition
18 million
Term
What are the three types of headaches?
Definition
Tension; migraine; secondary
Term
What are the two categories of seizures?
Definition
Partial and generalized
Term
Describe Parkinson's Disease
Definition
“Shaking palsy”, rigid or stiff muscles, poor balance, slurred speech
Term
Describe Multiple Sclerosis
(MS)
Definition
Degenerative disease
Nerve malfunctions from break down by myelin
Term
Where do pepric ulcers occur and why?
Definition
Occur in the stomach lining or duodenum
Most result from bacterium: Helicobacter pylori
Term
What are the 3 Musculoskeletal diseases?
Definition
arthritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), and low back pain
Term
Where do most LBP problems occur?
Definition
lower lumbar region
Term
Define fibromyalgia
Definition
Chronic joint pain, headaches, dizziness, numbness, etc.
Term
What is RSI?
Definition
Repetitive Stress Ijuries
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