health

• a reaction of the immune system to foreign and usually

  harmless substances.Allergy
• any substance that causes allergies

  examples: plant pollen, certain foods, dusts, molds,

  chemicals, animal dander, and certain medicines Allergen
• a chemical that can stimulate fluid and mucus

  production and is responsible for the symptoms of an allergy. Histamine
• control the symptoms of allergy by

  preventing histamine release. Antihistamine
• is an inflammatory disease wherein a person’s

  respiratory passages become inflamed and

  narrow in reaction to triggers that result in

  difficulty of breathing. Asthma
• is commonly known as high blood pressure

  consistently elevated blood pressure (140/90 or

  higher) Hypertension
• a cvd that is characterized by the accumulation

  of plaque on the walls of the artery of the heart. Atherosclerosis
• occurs when heart tissues do not receive

  normal supply of blood and eventually die. Myocardinal infarction
• are irregular heartbeats.

  They occur when the heart beats too slowly or

  too quickly, or beats with an uneven rhythm. Arrhytmia
• a condition wherein the heart weakens slowly

  over time and can no longer maintain its regular

  pumping rate. Congestive heart failure
• is an acute injury wherein blood flow to the

  brain is disrupted. Stroke
• Abnormal cells build up and form a mass of tissue in the

  body called tumor.
• noncancerous; they grow slowly and are

  surrounded by membranes to keep them from spreading benign
• cancerous; spread to the surrounding tissues or

  to the other parts of the body, through the blood or the

  lymphatic system malignant
• Oncogene normal gene that has changed into a cancer-

  producing gene.
• medical term for the spread of cancer from

  where it first developed to other parts of the body. Metasis
• environmental agent that can cause cancer,

  such as ultraviolet light emitted by the sun and tobacco

  smoke. Carnicogen
• Surgery removes some or all of the tumor
• Radiation therapy kills cancer cells and slow down growth of tumors
• Chemotherapy uses drugs to slow down or destroy cancer cells
• Immunotherapy uses drugs to activate a person’s immune system

  to recognize and attack cancer cells
• Hormone therapy uses drugs that interfere with the production of

  certain hormones that induce the growth of cancer cells.
• Remission is the period of time where symptoms are not visible.