HEALTH QUIZ on Ch 25 "Noncommunicable Diseases & Disabilities"

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

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

• True

• False

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

• allergies

• restriction

• asthma

• lung malfunction

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

Any substance that is known to cause cancer is called a:

• Pathogen

• Biopsy

• Carcinogen

• Retrovirus

Any condition that reduces the strength or functioning of the heart and blood vessels and makes them less functional:

• Heart Attack
• Stroke
• Heart Disease
• Hypertension

What is the most common symptom that heralds the onset of a heart attack:

• Shortness of Breath
• Nausea
• Fatigue
• Chest Pain