Ch. 14 Lifestyle Diseases

CHAPTER 14 STUDY GUIDE – LIFESTYLE DISEASES

(Revised 2014)

Ø  KNOW THE FOLLOWING TERMS/DEFINITIONS:  Leukemia, Metastasis, Biopsy, Insulin, & Malignant Tumor

Ø  High blood pressure, atherosclerosis, & diabetes are all examples of lifestyle diseases.

Ø  Most tissue damage that occurs from a heart attack is permanent and cannot be repaired by the body.

Ø  Frequent urination, glucose build up in the blood, and blurred vision are all linked to diabetes.  Maintaining a healthy weight can help prevent type 2 diabetes.

Ø  Benign tumors are usually harmless.

Ø  Angioplasty is a technique used to treat CVD that involves a medical balloon being inserted into a blocked artery to unblock it.

Ø  Kidney damage, heart failure, and injury to blood vessel walls can all occur as a result of high bp.

Ø  In blood pressure readings, the top number (systolic) should always be higher than the bottom number (diastolic).

Ø  Basal cell carcinoma and melanoma are both types of skin cancer.

Ø  The following are CONTROLLABLE risk factors: diet, exercise, maintaining a healthy weight, uv ray exposure, tobacco/alcohol use.

Ø  The following are UNCONTROLLABE risk factors:  heredity, genes, ethnicity, and age.

Ø  Identify all of the risk factors and which disease(s) you are susceptible to get based on specific scenarios that you will read.  Possible Diseases:  Cancer, Atherosclerosis, High BP, Diabetes.

Ø  Why are Americans dying from lifestyle diseases instead of infectious diseases?

Ø  What controllable risk factors do type 2 diabetes, cancer and CVD all have in common?

Ø  What unique controllable risk factors do cancer and CVD have?

Ø  In what ways are heart attacks and strokes similar?  In what ways are they different?

Ø  How can diet affect the development of atherosclerosis?

Ø  How can atherosclerosis lead to CVD?

Ø  How are radiation therapy and chemotherapy different?