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Lifestyle Diseases

Lifestyle Diseases. What are lifestyle diseases?. Lifestyle Diseases. They are diseases that are caused partly by unhealthy behaviors and partly by other factors. Causes: a person’s Habits Behaviors Practices. Controllable Risk Factors. Your diet and body weight

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Lifestyle Diseases

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  1. Lifestyle Diseases What are lifestyle diseases?

  2. Lifestyle Diseases • They are diseases that are caused partly by unhealthy behaviors and partly by other factors. • Causes: a person’s • Habits • Behaviors • Practices

  3. Controllable Risk Factors • Your diet and body weight • Your daily levels of physical activity • Your level of sun exposure • Smoking and alcohol abuse

  4. Uncontrollable Risk Factors • Age-the body has a harder time protecting itself as it ages. • Gender- certain diseases are more common among members of one gender (men- heart disease, women- breast cancer) • Ethnicity-African Americans are more likely to develop high blood pressure, Mexican Americans- higher risk of diabetes, Asians lower risk of heart disease, European decent- higher risk of heart disease. • Heredity-You can inherit chances of developing certain disease just as you inherit your hair or eye color.

  5. Lifestyle Diseases Types

  6. Cardiovascular Diseases • The diseases and disorders that result from progressive damage to the heart and blood vessels. • Treating cardiovascular diseases: Diet and Exercise, Medicines, Surgery,Angioplasty,Pacemakers, Transplants • Preventing cardiovascular diseases: Relax, trimthe fat, hold the salt, keep your weight healthy,don’t smoke, get moving

  7. Cancer • A disease caused by uncontrolled cell growth. • Tumors are a mass of uncontrolled growing cells that form a clump. • Malignant- invade and destroys healthy tissue • Benign- harmless cell mass • Causes: • Certain viruses (HPV) • Radiation (UV rays, X-rays) • Chemicals in tobacco smoke • Asbestos (material used in fireproofing)

  8. Types of Cancer • Breast • Prostate • Respiratory • Colon • Urinary • Lymphoma • Skin • Leukemia • Ovarian • Cervical

  9. Detecting Treating • Self-exam • Biopsy • X rays • MRI • Blood and DNA tests • Surgery-remove tissue • Chemotherapy-use of drugs • Radiation therapy-beam of radiation to fire at a tumor • Combination- use any or all treatments

  10. Preventing Cancer • Don’t’ smoke! • Wear sunscreen; stay away from tanning beds • Eat your veggies and cut the fat • Stay active • Get regular medical check-ups

  11. Diabetes • A disorder in which cells are unable to obtain glucose from the blood such that high blood-glucose levels result. • Type 1- body’s inability to produce insulin (born with) • Type 2- body’s inability to respond to insulin (develop)

  12. Hereditary Diseases • Diseases caused by abnormal chromosomes or by defective genes inherited from one or both parents. • Single-cell diseases- when one gene out of 30,000 to 40,000 genes has a harmful mutation. • Complex Diseases- More than one gene influences the onset of a disease.

  13. Immune Disorders • The immune system does not function properly resulting in a immune disorder. • Some are relatively mild (allergies); others can be life threatening(AIDS)

  14. Autoimmune Diseases • The immune system attacks the cells of the body that it normally protects. • Depending on the cells of the body destroyed, these attacks can result in many conditions.

  15. OPPORTUNISTIC DISEASE Diseases that will make you sick when given the “opportunity” because of a damaged or weakened immune system.

  16. Examples of Diseases that Cause “Opportunity” • HIV • Cancer

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