2.2.5 Health issues

Cards (5)

  • Define ‘health’
    The state of physical and mental well-being
  • Describe factors that can cause ill health
    Communicable diseases - caused by pathogens so can be passed between organisms (infectious)
    Non-communicable diseases - not caused by a pathogen so cannot pass between organisms
    Poor diet, stress and life situations (eg. financial status, location)
  • Give examples of how types of disease may interact
    Defects of the immune systemmore likely to suffer from infectious disease
    Viruses living in cellstrigger cancers
    Immune reactions initially caused by a pathogentrigger allergies eg. skin rashes / asthma
    Severe physical ill healthdepression and other mental illness
  • why is this statement wrong?
    “Health is the state of physical well-being.”
    Health also includes the state of mental well-being.
  • Arthritis is a condition that damages joints.
    Suggest how arthritis could affect a person’s
    lifestyle. (1)
    Movement issues
    Loss of job / income
    Mental health impact of lack of movement / pain