WHY WE HAVE TO WATCH OUR HEALTH

HECMA 2011-2012

Prepared by :-

Nahed Yaghi

Nagham Al Hashimi

Lesson Objectives :-

• Describe how lifestyle can lead to diseases.

• List four controllable and four uncontrollable risk factors for life styles diseases.

• State two actions you can do to lower your risk for developing a lifestyle disease later in life.

• Understand heredity diseases, and list some examples.

• Understand Immune disorders and autoimmune diseases and how can people cope with them.

• Understand disabilities, and how to create an environment for people with disabilities.

Key Terms:• Lifestyle factors : behaviors and habits that help determine a

person’s level of health and wellness.

• Risk behaviors: are actions or behaviors that might cause injury or harm to yourself or others.

• Cumulative risks: are related risks that increase in effect

with each added risk.

• Prevention: is taking steps to keep something from happening or getting worse.

• Lifestyle disease: a disease that is caused partly by unhealthy behaviors and partly by other factors

Introduction:

• Do you protect your skin from the sun’s harmful rays? • Do you get enough sleep so you are not tired in class?• If a friend approached you with a problem, would you

refuse to listen?

The way you answer these

questions, reflects your personal

lifestyle factors.

Life style factors

• Definition :- are behaviors and habits that help determine a person’s level of health and wellness.

• They are related to the cause or prevention of health problems.

• Positive lifestyle factors promote good health. Negative lifestyle factors lead to poor health.

Risk Factors for lifestyle diseases

• What is the meaning of Risk Factors ?A risk factor is anything that increases the likely hood of

injury, disease or other health problems.

Risk Factor Types :-

• Controllable risk factors:-

• Uncontrollable risk factors:-

Controllable risk factors

• Your diet and body weight• Your daily levels of physical activity• Your level of sun exposure• Your sleeping and rest hours

Uncontrollable risk factors• Age: as you grow older, your body begins to change.

As a result of aging, the body has a harder time protecting itself. Therefore the chances of developing a lifestyle disease increase as you age

Your future healthYour future health

Uncontrollable risk factors

• Gender: certain diseases are more common among members of one gender. For example, men have a greater risk of heart diseases than women do, especially earlier in life. Women have a greater risk of breast cancer than men do.

• Ethnicity: your ethnicity can also influence your chances of developing a lifestyle disease.For example African Americans are more likely to develop high blood pressure than individuals of European descent are.

Uncontrollable risk factors• Heredity: in the same way that your genes determine your natural hair

color, genes can also determine your chances of developing certain lifestyle diseases. For example, in some families, heredity may increase the chances that a family member will develop cancer.

Lifestyle diseases• Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) A person’s lifestyle

influences their chances of cardiovascular diseases such as, stroke, high blood pressure, heart attacks and atherosclerosis

• Cancer occurs when cells divide without control. Certain damaged genes can make a person more likely to develop cancer. Exposure to viruses, radioactivity, ultraviolet radiation, and tobacco can damage genes, Early detection and treatment of cancer can increase a person’s chances of survival N ot smoking, protecting your skin from sun, following a balanced diet, staying active, and getting regular medical checkups help you reduce your chances of developing cancer

Lifestyle diseases• Diabetes: occurs when cells are unable to obtain glucose

from the blood ,so high blood glucose levels result• Type 1 diabetes is believed to be caused by an autoimmune

response. Type 2 diabetes is usually a result of lifestyle choices

• Although there is no cure for diabetes, lifestyle changes and medicines can often keep this disorder under control

• The best way to prevent diabetes is to take control of the risk factors that you can change, such as diet, exercise and weight

Understanding heredity diseases

• Heredity diseases are caused by defective genes inherited by a child from one or both parents, and can be the result of a single gene mutation or mutation of several genes

• Examples of single cell diseases (sickle cell anemia, hemophilia, and cystic fibrosis )

• Down syndrome is an example of chromosomal disease

Immune Disorders and Autoimmune Diseases • Immune disorders can occur when the immune system does

not function normally• Autoimmune disease occur when the immune system attacks

the cells of its own body that it normally protects• Rheumatoid Arthritis: attacks the joints

Multiple sclerosis: the body attacking the myelin, the fatty insulation on nerves and spinal cord

Allergies • are caused by an immune response to harmful

substance

Asthmatic attack

• occurs when a person is exposed to an antigen and the airways narrow and become swollen in reaction to that antigen

Types of disabilities:• Disabilities involving vision: Accidents, diabetes,

glaucoma, and macular degeneration account for most blindness in the united states

• Disabilities involving hearing: A lifetime of excessive noise can destroy the sound receptor cells in the ear, which lead to deafness

• Disabilities involving movement: New medicines and surgical procedures are helping people with disabilities involving movement to have more productive life

Coping with disabilities:

• Learning to deal with disabilities in a positive way can help make disabilities more manageable. Becoming educated about a disability, maintaining a positive outlook and taking an active role in treatment are few ways to make living with disability more tolerable. No matter how moderate or severe, all disabilities challenge the person affected and those around him/her.

• To continue this trend in future, people with disabilities and those around them will have to continue to educate each other and work to create a positive environment

Thank You,

Nahid YaghiNagham Al Hashimi