Health

• DOH - primary government agency responsible for the equitable, sustainable, and quality health of the Filipinos.
• DOH - they serve free of charge for child delivery, vaccination, treatment, and free/post natal care for mothers.
• DOH main office is located in the San Lazaro Hospital compound in Sta. Cruz, Manila
• Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) are not caused by pathogens/diseas causing organisms such as bacteria/viruses but rather how people live/born with.
• Allergy - misguided reaction to foreign substances by the immune system.
• Hay Fever - symptoms result from the inflammation of the tissue that lines the inside of the (nose mucus lining or membranes) after allergens are inhaled.
• The substance that triggers allergy are called allergens.
• Allergic Eczema - allergic rash caused by skin contact with an allergen.
• Allergic Conjunctivitis - inflammation of the tissue layers that covers the surface of the eyeball and the undersurface of the eyelid.
• Allergic shock (anaphylactic shock) - life threatening reaction can affect organs at the same time.
• Allergic shock - typically occurs when the allergen is eaten or injected, caused by dilated and leaking blood cells results = drop in blood pressure .
• Hives (urticaria) - skin reaction = itchy swelling & can happen in any part of the body
• Cardiovascular Diseases - disease of the heart and blood vessels.
• DOH CAMPAIGNS

  No Smoking Month Ehersisyong Pangkalusugan Para sa Lahat Cancer Awareness Month Heart Month Hypertension Day Burn Injury Awareness and Prevention Month Kontra Paputok Red Orchid Award (anti-tobacco award) HL (Healthy Lifestyle) to the Max Poison Prevention Week Nutrition Month National Disability Prevention & Rehabilitation Week National Diabetes Awareness Week Obesity Prevention & Awareness Week Drug Abuse Prevention & Control Week
• Kidney or Renal Failure - medical condition in which the kidneys failed to adequately filter waste products from the body.
• Osteoarthritis - disease of older people, wear & tear of joints especially in the hands, hips, knees, and spine
• Rheumatoid - causes pain and swelling in many joints throughout the body. it is an autoimmune disease that attacks the body's immune systems’ healthy cells by mistake.
• Arthritis - inflammation of joints, occurs during old age
• Type 2 - result of too little insulin produced by the pancreas/failure of the insulin to function, normally begins in overweight adults.
• Type 1 - result of little or no insulin produced by the pancreas due to defective immune system, usually begins before the age of 40.
• Glucose - source of energy from Carbohydrates
• Insulin - the hormone produced in the pancreas regulates the level of glucose in the body.
• Diabetes - prevents the body from converting food into energy.
• WARNING SIGNS of Cancer: CAUTION UP! : Change in bowel / bladder habits A sore that does not heal Unusual bleeding or discharge Thickening or lump in breast or elsewhere Indigestion or difficulty in swallowing Obvious change in wart for a mole Nagging cough or hoarseness Unexplained weight loss Persistent hoarseness
• spreading is called metastasis
• Malignant - cancerous & can spread.
• Benign - not cancerous & do not spread
• Cancer -caused by abnormal cells growing without control.
• Myocardial infraction (heart attack) - heart muscle tissue dies from the lack of oxygen due to reduced blood flow, fatal when the large part of the heart is affected.
• Rheumatic - active or inactive disease of the heart that causes rheumatic fever.
• Arrhythmia - heart beats are irregular/abnormal rhythm.
• Congestive harte failure - inability to keep up with the demands on it, failure to pump blood with normal efficiency, heart is unable to provide adequate blood flow to other organs: brain, liver, and kidneys.
• Congestive harte failure - inability to keep up with the demands on it, failure to pump blood with normal efficiency, heart is unable to provide adequate blood flow to other organs: brain, liver, and kidneys.
• Congenital - abnormality in the heart structure that you're born with.
• Asthma - causes airways to become inflamed = swell & produce lots of thick mucus.