Lifestyle Diseases 1) Don’t smoke, there would be 30% less

deaths if no one smoked.

2) Protect you skin by wearing sunscreen

that isn’t filled with chemicals.

3) Get the right nutrients (mostly

veggies).

4) Exercise. It is critical to keeping a

healthy weight and mind.

5) Go to checkups!

14.3 How people live with

diabetes

Insulin is a hormone that makes cells

remove glucose (a sugar) from the blood.

People that have diabetes aren’t able to rid

the sugar from their blood. This makes the

bloodstream high in glucose.

Type 1 Type 2

Because body can’t

produce insulin.

Commonly diagnosed

in younger people.

Because cells in the

body won’t respond

to the insulin.

Commonly diagnosed

in older people that

are typically

overweight.

PREVENTING IT AS BEST

WE CAN

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Treatment

and

Symptoms

for 1

Treatment

and

sypmtoms

for 2

Treated by diet and insulin.

Treated by diet, exercising, and the occasional insulin

Thirst, weight loss, fatigue, abdominal pain.

Slow healing sores, fequent infections, thirst

Ways to prevent

developing Type 2

Any method of exercise, even yoga, can be beneficial in restoring your health as you age.

Try to de-stress, so that eating does not become a crutch.

Don’t use tobacco products.

14.1 What’s the cause?

A person’s way of life can greatly impact

his or her health. Bad habits contribute to

poor health, and this is something that

many people don’t realize that they can

control.

A person can reduce his or her chance of

getting a disease by controlling certain

factors.

Some controllable risk factors are:

What you eat

How much you exercise

Whether or not you smoke or

drink

Examples of risk factors that you can’t

control are:

Aging, and how it changes your

body.

Gender (different genders can

be prone to different diseases)

The genes that you get from

your parents.

Lifestyle Diseases

14.2 Cardiovascular

Diseases

CVD – A cardiovascular disease has to

do with the heart. It occurs when the

heart or blood vessels are damaged

Lifestyle can have a great affect on

these diseases. One example would be

the consumption of salt, causing people

to be more prone to high blood

pressure.

TYPES OF CVD

Strokes: When a blood vessel bursts

or gets stopped up, a clot cuts off

circulation in the brain, and brain cells

begin to die.

Heart attacks: Suddenly, the

blood flow decreases and can’t get to

the heart, this causes severe injury.

High blood pressure: When

blood puts extra tension on the vessels

that it flows through.

Atherosclerosis: It occurs when

fatty materials gather in the “piping

system” of the blood (arteries).

Treatment and Dectection

It is a good idea to get your blood

pressure checked regularly. This way,

you fix anything you need to fix before

it’s too late. Ultrasounds are also good

tools in detecting CVD.

TREATMENT CAN INCLUDE:

Transplants

Pacemakers

A lifestyle change

TO PREVENT CVD:

Don’t be sedentary, don’t smoke, keep within

the healthy weight range, and be careful with

salt.

14.3 The puzzlement of

CANCER

It is a serious sickness, caused by the

uncontrollable growing of cells.

Causes can include: Exposure to radioactivity,

harmful chemicals in tobacco, and different

types of viruses.

There are numerous kinds of cancer, such as

--- Lung cancer

---Breast cancer

---Colon cancer

---Skin cancer

Potential signs can be

unusual changes in moles on

the skin, sores that don’t

heal, or difficulty

swallowing.

Biopsies, X-rays, and MRI’s

can detect cancer, as well as

self-examinations.