Top 10 Cause of Morbidity and Mortality in the Philippines

• This is defined as the physical or psychological state of being unhealthy or “being sick” which is caused by a certain disease or impairment in the body’s normal function.


  Morbidity
• This is defined as the state of being “dead” or the loss of life.


  Mortality
• • Coronary Heart Disease | caused by the lack of oxygen due to the narrowing of arteries that supply blood to a person’s heart


  ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
• • Primarily affect the blood supply needed for the brain to function | formation of plaques that cause blockage or hemorrhage ---> brain damage e.g STROKE


  CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES
• ▪ abnormal growth on the cells of tissues --> caused by mutations, genetics, immune disorders, and certain lifestyle factors.


  NEOPLASMS
• • The virus can spread from an infected person’s mouth or nose --> droplets


  COVID-19 VIRUS IDENTIFIED
• • Affecting the heart due to the presence of high blood pressure in the cardiovascular system


  HYPERTENSIVE DISEASES
• • commonly caused by high sugar content in the blood


  DIABETES MELLITUS
• • caused by microbial infection in the air sacs or alveoli of a lung or both lungs


  PNEUMONIA
• • diseases that include coronary artery disease, infections in the heart, arrhythmia, cardiomyopathy, and several congenital heart defects.


  OTHER HEART DISEASES
• • This condition is mainly characterized by difficulty in breathing due to obstruction in the airways 


  Chronic Lower Respiratory Infections
• Chronic Lower Respiratory Infections composed of ?


  emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and asthma.
• • name for a group of lung conditions that cause breathing difficulties


  Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• • damage to the air sacs in the lungs.


  emphysema
• • long-term inflammation of the bronchi.


  Chronic Bronchitis
• 1. Muscles tighten --> airways swell


  asthma
• • organs that are involved in the excretion of body fluids and the organs involved in reproduction


  DISEASES OF THE GENITOURINARY SYSTEM
• example of DISEASES OF THE GENITOURINARY SYSTEM?

  UTI
• A condition that can occur when the small blood vessels in your kidneys become damaged and inflamed

  Hemolytic uremic syndrome
• clusters of cysts develop primarily within your kidneys

  Polycystic kidney disease
• • bacterial infection in the lungs


  RESPIRATORY TUBERCULOSIS
• infections of the upper respiratory tract

  ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION
• ▪also known as high blood pressure


  HYPERTENSION
• • Infections situated in the body’s urinary system


  URINARY TRACT INFECTION
• -->brain inflammation from bites


  ANIMAL BITES
• e.g. acne, chicken skin, leprosy.


  SKIN DISEASES
• infections affecting the airways --> pneumonia.


  ACUTE LOWER RESPIRATORY INFECTION
• ▪ caused by microbial infection in the air sacs or alveoli of a lung or both lungs


  PNEUMONIA
• ▪ three or more loose or watery stools per day | BRISTOL STOOL CHART


  ACUTE WATERY DIARRHEA
• • inflammation on the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs


  BRONCHITIS
• • caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis | disease targets and attacks the lungs


  TUBERCULOSIS