Health and disease Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Health | A state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not only the absence of disease and infirmity. |
| Disease | A malfunction of the mind or body. |
| Physical disease | Permanent or temporary damage to any part of the body. Eg. multiple sclerosis, dengue fever, measles |
| Mental disease | Changes to the mind which may or may not have a physical cause. Eg. schizophrenia, depression, anxiety |
| Acute disease | Disease with a rapid onset that lasts for a short time. Eg. influenza, dengue fever |
| Chronic disease | Disease with slow onset that lasts for a long time. Eg. chronic bronchitis |
| Infectious (communicable) disease | Causative agent is a pathogen Eg. dengue fever, HIV/AIDS, measles |
| Non-infectious (non-communicable) disease | Any disease not caused by a pathogen Eg. stroke, multiple sclerosis |
| Deficiency disease | Caused by a poor diet Eg. iron deficiency anaemia |
| Degenerative disease | A gradual decline in body functions Eg. coronary heart disease, HIV/AIDS |
| Inherited (genetic) disease | A genetic disease caused by a faulty allele Eg. sickle cell anaemia, haemophilia, Huntington's disorder, severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome (SCID) |
| Self-inflicted disease | Damages to the body brought about by a person's own actions Eg. lung cancer, drug dependency, Type 2 diabetes. |
| Social disease | Disease often influenced by social behaviours of others Eg. lung cancer, drug dependency. |
| Epidemiology | The study pf the spread of disease and the factors that affect it. |
| Incidence | The number of new cases of a disease in a population in a given time. |
| Incidence formula | = number of new cases of a given disease in a certain period/ number of individuals in a population |
| Prevalence | The overall number of people in a population with a particular disease at a given time, regardless of when the disease was first recognized. |
| Mortality rate | The number of people who have died of a particular disease in a given time. |
| Mortality rate formula | = number of deaths due to particular disease/ number of individuals in the population OR number of affected individuals in the population |
| Morbidity | The number of people who have a particular disease in a given time. |
| Endemic | Infectious diseases are referred to as endemic if the disease is always present in the population. Eg. chickenpox |
| Epidemic | Refers to any disease that spreads suddenly to a large number of people over a widespread area. Eg. Yellow fever |
| Pandemic | Refers to a disease outbreak that spreads across countries and continents. Eg. HIV/AIDS. |
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