CHAPTER 6 HEALTH AND WELLNESS
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According to the CDC and NCHS, the UnitedStates has lowere its infant mortality rate to
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0.7% 7 newborns or infants of 1,000 die
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The infant mortality rate is hagher than in the white population. Who are they.
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Native American, Hispanic and African American populations
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Who's population is twice as high for infant mortality
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African Americans
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What contributes to one half of all infant deaths
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Low birth weight, congenital anomalites, SIDS, and respiratory distress syndrome
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What are the two major factors that influence mortality rates
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Education and financial resources of the mother.
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The number one cause of death in young chilren in American is
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Accidental injury
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What is the leading cause of illness in children and can be life threatening.
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Asthma
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Statistics show that a child is five times more likely to be injured or killed by a
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Firearm
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What is the second leading cause of death in ages 10-24
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Death by fiream
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What is the third leading cause of death for ages 25-34
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Firearm
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the third leading cuse of death by firearm is ages
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25-34 years
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the second leading cause of death by firame is ages
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20-24 years
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Obesity is present in at least
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one third of the young
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Immunizations are available against
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Mumps, rubella, diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus
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What are some of the newer vaccines that are also eliminating illness in children
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Vaccines against hepatitis A and B, chickenpox, and the flu.
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How many high school students smoke compared with 25% of the general population.
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one third
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Peer Pressure is strongest in what age group than any other
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High School
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What is the leading causes of morbidity and mortality for ages 10-24
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Motor vechicle accidents
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How many young people a day die due to firearms
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At least 10 die a day
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Death and injury related to firearms cost the US about
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$20 Billion a year
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What is the second leading cause of death in adolescents and young adults.
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Homicide
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What is the leading cause of death among African American youth
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homicide
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The rate for Homicide is _________times higher for African American than for whites
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Six
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What is the greatest risk factor for death by homicide
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Low socioeconomic status
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Binge drinking is defined as
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having one or alcoholic drinks in one day at least once per month
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What is common in high school students and is very common in college students
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Weekend binge drinking
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what is not metabolized in youn adults as efficiently as in older adults
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Alcohol
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What is often associated with alcohol consumption.
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MVAS, VIOLENT ACTS AND SUICIDES
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WHAT IS ALSO A LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS
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SUICIDE
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The ___________sucide rate is half that of the __________population
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African American White
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Waht is the second leading cause of death in whites
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Suicide
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Households with firearms have __________times the number of suicides compared with households without firearm
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5 times
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Suicide has increased ______% in the last decade with _______% of these death due to
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30% 96% gun use
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________ attempt sucide three times as often as ________do
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Women Men
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The rate of suicide completion in ________ is much lower than that in ________.
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Young women Young men
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Young women who begin dysfunctional eating habits often develop eating disorders between the ages of
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12 and 25 years old.
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What is the fifth leading cause of death between the ages of 25 and 44 years of age
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HIV
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The rate of HIV has increased significantly in __________AND ________ ESPECIALLY ___________.
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TEEN AND YOUNG WOMEN WOMEN OF COLOR
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NINETY PERCENT OF hiv CASES IN THIS AGE GROUP ARE TRANSMITTED BY ONLY TWO METHODS,
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HETEROSEXUAL INTERCOURSE AND THE SHARING OF NEEDLES
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Pregancy occurs most often to women in their
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20,s
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The maternal and infant morbidity risks are significantly higher in
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Teenage mothers and women over the age of35
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What increases the chance of preterm birth by 25%.
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cocaine use
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What rank as the top causes of adult deaths in the United States
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Heart disease and cancer
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How many people die each year from heart related problems
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a million people
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What precentage of the population have hypertension
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A Full 25 % In adults over the age of 70 the percentage rises to 64%
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Hypertension can lead to
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Stoke and Heart attack. Kidney damage often results
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The incidence of hypertension is equal in men and women although it is more common in
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African Americans especially MEN
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Many lifestyle factors increase the risk for hypertension.
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Women-who smoke and take birth control Alof lack of physical activity, excess body weight use of alcohol and high salt intake.
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diabetes mellitus is increasing in all age groups with an incresae of about
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600% in the last decade of the 20th century
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How many people in the United States have diabetes mellitus.
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16 Million Peopld
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Diabetes costs the US about
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$100 billion annually
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The money medicare spends for people with diabetes is
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one fouth of their money
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What is the largest cause of kidney failure, blindness, and limb amputation in the United States
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Diabetes
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The incidence of diabetes is higher in
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african Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans and Asian Americans
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Men's health issues include the number 1 and 2 killers which are
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Heart disease and Cancer
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Heart disease and Heart attacks kils
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500,000 men in the US each year
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What is three times more likely in males than in females
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CANCER
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WHAT MEN ARE AT A HIGHER RISK OF HEART DISEASE AND HYPERTENSION
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aFRICAN aMERICAN MEN . A 47% higher rate than that foun in white men
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The Most common cancer in men is
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Prostate and lung cancer
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Lung Disease, suicides and Alzheimer's disease are less common in
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African American than in white Americans
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What is the third leading cause of death in men
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Accidents
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Who is 2.5 times more likely to die in Motor vehicle
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Adult Men especially men aged15-24 FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY
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WHAT TYPE OF CANCER IS MOST COMMONLY FOUND IN AMERICAN MEN AND MORE COMMONLY FOUND IN aFRICAN aMERICAN MEN
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PROSTRATE CANCER
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WHAT TYPE OF TES IS USED AS A SCREENING TOOL AND TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TREATMENT AFTER CANCER IS DIAGNOSED
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PSA =PROSTATE - SPECIFIC ANTIGEN TEST
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WHAT SHOULD MEN SELF EXAMINE FOR
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TESTICULAR CANCER
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HOW MANY MEN IN THE UNITED STATES ARE DIAGNOSED WITH TESTICULAR CANCER
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7,100 MEN
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WHAT IS OSTEROPOROSIS
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LOSS OF BONE DENSITY
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WHAT IS THE MOST PREVALENT BONE DISEASE IN THE WORLD AND CAUSES MORE THAN ON MILLION FRACTURES OF THE HIP SPINE AND WRIST YEARLY IN THE UNITED STATES
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OSTEOPOROSIS
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wHEN DOES THIS HAPPIN IN WOMEN. THE LOSS OF THE ESTROGENIC HORMONES SPEEDS BONE DENSITY LOSS WHICH AFFECTS 60-70 % OF ALL
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Postmenopausal women.
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Women lose ________density and have ________as many fractures as men do
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Bone twice
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Osteoporosis is higher in
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White and Asian American women than any other races.
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What affect 10% of the wome between ages 45-64 after the age 65 the incidence rises to 25%
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Cardiovascular disease
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What causes 45 % of deaths among all women and becomes the leading cause of death by age 65
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Cardiovascular disease
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Women who lack _________are also at a higher risk for developing osteoporosis
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Calcum, lack of exercise, smoking
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what not leads the mortalitly rat due to cancer in women
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smoking
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Baseline mammograms are recommended
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every 1 to 2 years until after the age 50 after the age 50 annlual mammogram is recommended
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The major causes of death in the older population are
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heart disease, cancer, stroke, COPD, pneumonia and influenza
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Who is more likely than for any other age group to commit suicide
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Older adults
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Alzheimer's disease is among the 10 leading causes of death of those ove the age of
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65 years.
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Etiology
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mean cause
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Disease are classified in several way. Usually, they are classified according to their
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Etiology (Cause)
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a diseae is classified as
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Organic or Functional
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Organic diseaseeee
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means that detectable structural change has occurred in one or more organs that also alters usual function
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Functional disease
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is a disorder in which a structural cause cannot be identified. The person, however experiences changes that affect his or her ability to condut the usual activities of daily living
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Dysfunctional
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The person is said to be dysfunctional if he or she cannot perform usual activities
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Hereditary
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genetic disorder ot an embryo resulting in the child's physical impairment.
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Hemophilia(prolonged blood clotting time is a hereditary disorder transmitted from
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from mother to child usually a male child. appears most on x chromosomes /the mother is the carrier, but generally free of symtoms
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congenital Disorders
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are also present at birth. UNLIKE HEREDITARY. cogenital disorder may ge genetic or ma be caused by another unfavorable condition that affects normal fetal development.
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A common cause of disease is invasion of the body by microorganisms, such as bacteria or viruses or by animal parasites The microscopic invasion is called
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Infection
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Some infection are local, which means
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the area of invasion is limited to one area or organ
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Infections that invole the whold body
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Systemic
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Microorganisms that cause infections may or may not be CONTAGIOUS
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which means the infection can be from one person to another
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DFICIENCY DISEASES ARE
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DISORDERS OF NUTRITION THAT RESULT FROM A LACK OF ONE OR MORE DIETARY NUTRIENTS, EXAMPLE LACK OF VITAMIN C
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iF THE BODY DOES NOT USE NUTRIENTS PROPERLY
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MALABSORPTION SYNDROME, VARIOUS DISORDERS RESULTS
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An immunodeficiency syndrom caused by HIV/AIDS is often manifested in the body by
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infections, maligancies and neurologic disease
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a disturbance of one or more of endocrine glands cause
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metabolis disorders
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WHAT SECRETE HOMONES THAT REGULATE BODY PROCESSES
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ENDOCRINE GLANDS
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wHAT AFFECTS THE RATE OF METABOLISM FOR THE ENTIRE BODY, AND INSULIN DEFICIENCY RESULTS IN DIABETES MELLITUS
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THYROID HORMONE
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DYSFUNCTION OCCCURS FROM
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HYPERSECRETION TOO MUCH) OR HYPOSECRETON (TOO LITTLE)OF A HORMONES
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NEOPLASTIC
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THE GROWTH OF ABNORMAL TISSUE OR TUMOR
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TUMORS CAN BE
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BENIGN OR MALIGNANT
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BENIGN TUMOR
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RESULT FROM GROWTH OF CELLS SIMILAR TO THE TISSUE IN WHICH IT APPEARS. iT IS OFTEN SURROUNDED BY A CAPSULE. ONCE REMOVED THE TUMOR USUALLY DOES NOT RECUR. IT IS NOT DANGEROUS UNLESS IT CROWDS OTHER STRUCTURES OR ROBS SURROUNDING TISSUES OF THEIR BLOOD SUPPLY
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MALIGNANT TUMOR
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IS A WILD AND ISORDERLY GROWTH OF CELLS THAT IS UNLIKE THE FISSUE FROM WHICH IT ARISES. tHIS CELL GROWTH ROBS NORMAL TISSUES OF NUTRIENTS.
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METASTASIS
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MALIGNANT CELLS TEND TO SPREAD TO OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY
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TRAUMATIC INJURIES
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ARE THOSE INJURIES CAUSED BY EXTTERNAL FORCES (AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
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wHAT OCCUPATIONAL GROUP CONSTITUE 205 OF DEATHS DUE TO OCCUPATIONAL CAUSES
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