Keeping Healthy

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  • Created on: 17-06-13 17:19
What do Viruses do to your cells?
Use and damage them
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How do you become immunised against a diesease?
By introducin a small amonut of dead or inactive pathogens of that diesase into your body
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What types of illness can vaccinations protect you against?
Bacerial and Viral Pathogens
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Medicines are:
Symptom relievers not pathogen killers
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How can microbes be passed on?
Droplets, Direct Contact & Food and Drinks
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How do White blood cells defend your body from pathogens?
Ingesting them, Making anti-bodies and making anti-toxins
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How can you calculate BMI?
Body Mass (in kg) / (height in metres)2
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Name two Bacterial pathogens.
Cholera and Food poisoning
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Name two Viral pathogens.
Chicken pox and Flu
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Name the 7 major food groups
Carbohydrates,Fat,Fibre,Mineral,Vitamins ,Proteins and Water
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What is Metabolic Rate?
The rate your body takes to make a chemical reaction
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What diseases are you more likely to get if you are overweight?
Diabetes,Arthritus , High blood pressure and heart diasease
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Why don' antibiotics destroy viruses?
Beacuse viruses produce inside cells and it is diffucult to develop drugs which kill them but dont damage you cells
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