Noncommunicable Diseases

Diseases that cannot be spread among living things and objects

• Communicable Diseases

• Noncommunicable Disease

• Chronic Illnesses

• Terminal Illnesses

This is a period of time without signs and symptoms associated with that particular disease

• Remission

• Relapse

• Prognosis

• Complication

This refers to diseases that will end in death

• Poisonous

• Terminal

• Complicated

• Cancerous

True or false? Lifestyle has no effect on a person's risk factors for developing certain noncommunicable diseases.

• A. True

• B. False

10. A chronic disease of the respiratory system in which the air passages constrict and fill with mucus, making it difficult to breathe, is called _____.

• A. allergies

• B. restriction

• C. asthma

• d. lung malfunction

Which of the following is not a type of arthritis?

• A. rheumatoid

• B. osteoarthritis

• C. gout

• D. anaphylaxis

What is a painfule swelling of the feet and big toe caused by a diet rich in purines?

• A. rheumatoid

• B. osteoarthritis

• C. gout

• D. anaphylaxis

Non communicable diseases are mainly caused due to

• improper hygiene

• an improper lifestyle

• entry of pathogens in our body

• all of the above

Excess intake of Fats can cause

• Obesity

• Heart Diseases

• Diabetes

• All of the above

Cancer is defined as the

• uncontrolled division of mutated cells

• normal division of cells

• normal DNA replication

• abnormal ATP synthesis

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