Health issues

• what is health

  state of physical, mental and social well-being
• what factors cause ill health

  • disease
  • diet
  • stress
  • life situations
• what are the 2 types of disease

  • communicable= infectious as they are caused by pathogens
  • non-communicable= cannot be passed on from person to person (eg. heart diease)
• what are pathogens

  organism that has the potential to cause infectious diseases to its host
• what are the 4 main pathogens

  • viruses
  • bacteria
  • fungi
  • parasites