Health Issues

• Health

  State of physical and mental wellbeing
• Causes of ill health

  Diseases (communicable and non communicable)

  Diet

  Stress
• Factors can interact

  Immune system defects → more likely to suffer from infectious diseases.

  Viruses can trigger certain cancers.

  Immune reactions to pathogens can trigger allergies e.g. rashes / asthma.

  Physical ill health can lead to mental illness.