What are lifestyle diseases?

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Lifestyle Diseases

• What are lifestyle diseases?

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Lifestyle Diseases

• They are diseases that are caused partly by
  unhealthy behaviors and partly by other factors.
• Causes a persons
• Habits
• Behaviors
• Practices

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Controllable Risk Factors

• Your diet and body weight
• Your daily levels of physical activity
• Your level of sun exposure
• Smoking and alcohol abuse

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Uncontrollable Risk Factors

• Age- the body has a harder time protecting itself
  as it ages.
• Gender- certain diseases are more common among
  members of one gender (men- heart disease, women-
  breast cancer)
• Ethnicity- African Americans are more likely to
  develop high blood pressure, Mexican Americans-
  higher risk of diabetes, Asians lower risk of
  heart disease, European decent- higher risk of
  heart disease.
• Heredity- You can inherit chances of developing
  certain disease just as you inherit your hair or
  eye color.

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Lifestyle Diseases

• Types

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Cardiovascular Diseases

• The diseases and disorders that result from
  progressive damage to the heart and blood
  vessels.
• Treating cardiovascular diseases Diet and
  Exercise, Medicines, Surgery, Angioplasty,
  Pacemakers, Transplants
• Preventing cardiovascular diseases Relax, trim
  the fat, hold the salt, keep your weight healthy,
  dont smoke, get moving

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Cancer

• A disease caused by uncontrolled cell growth.
• Tumors are a mass of uncontrolled growing cells
  that form a clump.
• Malignant- invade and destroys healthy tissue
• Benign- harmless cell mass
• Causes
• Certain viruses (HPV)
• Radiation (UV rays, X-rays)
• Chemicals in tobacco smoke
• Asbestos (material used in fireproofing)

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Types of Cancer

• Breast
• Prostate
• Respiratory
• Colon
• Urinary

• Lymphoma
• Skin
• Leukemia
• Ovarian
• Cervical

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Detecting Treating

• Self-exam
• Biopsy
• X rays
• MRI
• Blood and DNA tests

• Surgery-remove tissue
• Chemotherapy-use of drugs
• Radiation therapy-beam of radiation to fire at a
  tumor
• Combination- use any or all treatments

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Preventing Cancer

• Dont smoke!
• Wear sunscreen stay away from tanning beds
• Eat your veggies and cut the fat
• Stay active
• Get regular medical check-ups

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Diabetes

• A disorder in which cells are unable to obtain
  glucose from the blood such that high
  blood-glucose levels result.
• Type 1- bodys inability to produce insulin (born
  with)
• Type 2- bodys inability to respond to insulin
  (develop)

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Hereditary Diseases

• Diseases caused by abnormal chromosomes or by
  defective genes inherited from one or both
  parents.
• Single-cell diseases- when one gene out of 30,000
  to 40,000 genes has a harmful mutation.
• Complex Diseases- More than one gene influences
  the onset of a disease.

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Immune Disorders

• The immune system does not function properly
  resulting in a immune disorder.
• Some are relatively mild (allergies) others can
  be life threatening(AIDS)

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Autoimmune Diseases

• The immune system attacks the cells of the body
  that it normally protects.
• Depending on the cells of the body destroyed,
  these attacks can result in many conditions.