Chapter 18 - Non-Infectious Disease
Allergy
an overreaction by the body due to extreme sensitivity to certain foods, chemicals, or other normally harmless substances.
Symptom
is a feeling of pain or discomfort you have when you are sick.
Disease
is any harmful change in the state of health of your body or mind.
Sign
is something a person can see or measure.
Treat
is to provide medical care to someone who has a disease.
Malnutrition
lack of proper nutrition; inadequate or unbalanced nutrition.
Tumor
mass of rapidly dividing cells that can damage surrounding tissue
Malignant
tumors that are cancerous and can be life threatening.
Obesity
weighing twenty percent or more above desirable weight.
Benign
not cancerous and not life threatening.
Biopsy
the removal of living tissue from the body for diagnostic examination to see if cancer is present.
Traumatic Injury
an injury caused by physical force
Cancer
A disease in which some body cells grow and divide uncontrollably, damaging the parts of the body around them.
Non-Infectious Disease
A disease that is not caused by a virus or a living organism.
Toxin
A poison produced by a living organism, such as a plant, animal, or microorganism.
Accident
An unexpected happening that may result in injury, loss, or damage.
Risk Factor
Something which increases risk or susceptibility of getting a noninfectious disease.
Metabolism
The process by which the body breaks down substances and gets energy from food.
Asthma
a chronic allergic disorder characterized by episodes of severe breathing difficulty, coughing, and wheezing.
Hereditary Disease
a disease caused by defective genes inherited by child from one or both parents.
Autoimmune Disease
a disease in which the immune system attacks the organism's own cells.
Phenylketonuria
a genetic disorder in which an essential digestive enzyme is missing.
Circulatory System Diseases
a group of diseases that affect the heart and blood vessels, such as hardening of the arteries, high blood pressure, and heart failure.
Rickets
a metabolic disease caused by a Vitamin D deficiency.
Alzheimer's disease
a progressive degeneration of the brain that ultimately results in dementia.
Poison
a substance that causes illness, injury or death if taken into the body or produced within the body.
Melanoma
a type of serious skin cancer.
Risky Behavior
actions or choices that may increase your chances of getting a noninfectious disease.
Genes
control the activities of cells and determine a person's physical characteristics.
Muscular Dystrophy
group of hereditary diseases characterized by degeneration of muscle and weakness.
