Ch. 12 Understanding and Preventing Diseases

Condition someone can develop after coming into contact with living things or objects infected with the disease.

• communicable disease

• contamination
• transmission
• contagion

Microorganisms that cause communicable diseases.

• Viruses
• Bacteria
• Fungi
• Pathogens

Contagious respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

• Influenza
• SARS
• COVID-19
• Malaria

Common viral infection that spreads through kissing or by sharing certain objects.

• Mononucleosis
• Flu
• Strep throat
• Chickenpox

Viral or bacterial infection that causes inflammation of part of the eye.

• Retinopathy
• Cataracts
• Conjunctivitis
• Glaucoma

Medical conditions that cannot be spread among living things and objects but develop as a result of heredity, environment, and lifestyle factors.

• Noncommunicable diseases

• Transmissible conditions
• Contagious illnesses
• Infectious diseases

Medical emergency in which blood flow to part of the brain is interrupted, injuring or killing brain cells.

• concussion
• heart attack
• stroke
• pneumonia

Complex disease that involves an uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells.

• Infection
• Tumor
• Cancer
• Diabetes

Disease resulting from the body's inability to regulate glucose.

• Hyperglycemia
• Insulin
• Obesity
• diabetes mellitus

Condition that results in inflammation of the joints, causing pain and stiffness.

• Osteoporosis
• Fibromyalgia
• Arthritis
• Bronchitis