Infection and response

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What is communicable disease
Disease that can be spread from person to person
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Give an example of a communicable disease
Measles
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What are communicable disease spread by
Spread by pathogens such as bacteria or viruses
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What are non communicable disease
Diseas3 that cannot be passed from person to person
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Give and example of a non communicable disease
Coronary heart disease
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Define health
State of physical and mental well being
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Non communicable and communcable diseases cause...
Ill health
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Ill health can also be caused by...
Poor diet, high levels of stress and other life situations such as working with harmful chemicals
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Tuberculosis is a communicable lung disease wrong or right
True
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In most people the immune system can fight of TB true or false
True
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Some people have a defective inmmune system for eample people with....
Hiv
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Which type of peopleare more likely to suffer from infectious diseases
People with defective immune systems
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Can one disease increase the risk of contracting a different disease
Yes
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Can one disease be the cause of a different disease
Yes
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Give an example of a communicable disease

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Measles

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What are communicable disease spread by

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What are non communicable disease

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Give and example of a non communicable disease

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