Health and Diseas

• Health is a state of both physical and mental well-being, generally existing on a spectrum with some people being more or less healthy in certain ways.
• Factors that affect our health include a balanced diet, exercise, sleep, and access to medical care, with preventive medicines like vaccines being crucial for health.
• Disease encompasses a large group of conditions that can cause ill health, sometimes caused by factors like an unhealthy diet which can lead to conditions like diabetes.
• Communicable diseases, also known as infectious diseases, can spread from person to person or between animals and people, examples include the common cold and influenza.
• Non-communicable diseases cannot be spread between different people, examples include asthma, coronary heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.
• Different types of diseases sometimes interact with each other, affecting both physical and mental health issues.
• The immune system defends against infections, so in cases where a person has problems with their immune system, they won't be able to defend themselves against communicable diseases as well and often end up catching infectious diseases like the common cold or influenza.
• Human papilloma virus (HPV) can cause cervical cancer in women, but almost all girls in the UK receive a vaccine to HPV, reducing their likelihood of getting a cancer.
• The human body itself can be at fault for physical health issues, such as skin rashes and asthma, due to the body's own immune system overreacting to a pathogen.
• Suffering from severe physical health problems can have a significant impact on mental health, particularly if the physical disease has an impact on the person's ability to carry out everyday activities.