Disease Prevention - Chapter 21 & 23
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| caused by organisms or viruses that enter and multiply within the body | infectious disease
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| microorganisms and viruses that cause disease | pathogens
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| type of pathogen that causes food poisoning, strep throat, lyme disease, and staph infections | bacteria
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| type of pathogen that causes the common cold, chicken pox, and measels | virus
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| type of pathogen that causes athlete's foot and ringworm | fungi
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| type of pathogen that causes malaria | protozoans
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| how are pathogens spread | through contact with an infected person or animal, contaminated objects, or contaminated food or water
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| fights disease by producing a seperate set of weapons for each kind of pathogen | immune system
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| your body's ability to destroy pathogens that have been previously encountered | immunity
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| injections that help you become immune to a disease | immunizations
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| used to treat a bacterial disease | antibiotic
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| an unusually high occurence of a disease in a certain place during a certain time frame | epidemic
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| an infectious disease that has become increasily common within the last 20 years | emerging disease
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| diseases of the heart and blood vessels | cardivascular diseases
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| types of cardiovascular disease | hypertension, heart attack, arrhythmia, congestive heart failure, and stroke
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| occurs when the heart doesn't get enough blood supply and dies | heart attack
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| a sudden disruption of blood flow to part of the brain | stroke
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| harms the body by destroying healthy body tissue | cancer
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| mass of tissue | tumor
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| a cancerous tumor | malignant
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| non-cancerous tumor | benign
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| cancer-causing agents | carcinogens
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| cancer therapy that uses drugs to slow the reproduction of cancer cells | chemotherapy
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| the removal of a small piece of tissue to examine it for cancer | biopsy
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| disease in which the body's ability to use glucose is impaired | diabetes
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| type of diabetes that usually first appears in children | type 1
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| type of diabetes that strikes overweight and sedebtary children | type 2
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| a disorder in which the immune system is overly sensitive to a particular substance | allergy
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| a substance that causes an allergy | allergen
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| a disorder in which a person's respiratory passages become inflamed and narrow significantly | asthma
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| inflammation or irritation of a joint | arthritis
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| the most common type of arthritis | osteoarthritis
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