Transcript 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
 Your daily levels of physical
activity
 Your level of sun exposure
 Smoking and alcohol abuse
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, womenbreast cancer)
 Ethnicity- African Americans are more likely to
develop high blood pressure, Mexican Americanshigher 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.
Lifestyle Diseases
Types
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, trim
the fat, hold the salt, keep your weight
healthy, don’t smoke, get moving
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)
Types of Cancer
 Breast
 Lymphoma
 Prostate
 Skin
 Respiratory
 Leukemia
 Colon
 Ovarian
 Urinary
 Cervical
Detecting
Treating
 Surgery-remove
 Self-exam
 Biopsy
 X rays
 MRI
 Blood and DNA
tests
tissue
 Chemotherapy-use of
drugs
 Radiation therapybeam of radiation to
fire at a tumor
 Combination- use any
or all treatments
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
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)
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.
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)
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.