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  1. 1. a respiratory condition marked by spasms in the bronchi of the lungs, causing difficulty in breathing. It usually results from an allergic reaction or other forms of hypersensitivity.
  2. 2. Arthritis a chronic progressive disease causing inflammation in the joints and resulting in painful deformity and immobility, especially in the fingers, wrists, feet, and ankles.
  3. 4. passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another.
  4. 5. 2 diabetes a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high
  5. 8. attackhappens when the flow of blood that brings oxygen to a part of your heart muscle suddenly becomes blocked.
  6. 9. communicable-diseases that are not spread through infection or through other people, but are typically caused by unhealthy behaviours
  7. 10. a drug or other compound that inhibits the physiological effects of histamine, used especially in the treatment of allergies
  8. 17. serious condition where your blood glucose level is too high.
  9. 19. repair or unblocking of a blood vessel, especially a coronary artery.
  10. 20. loss of blood flow to part of the brain, which damages brain tissue.
  11. 21. inflammation or swelling of one or more joints.
  12. 22. A chronic condition is a health condition or disease that is persisten
  13. 23. degeneration of joint cartilage and the underlying bone, most common from middle age onward. It causes pain and stiffness
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  1. 1. is a type of vascular disease where the blood vessels carrying oxygen away from the heart
  2. 3. blood pressure that is higher than normal.
  3. 6. diseasesA disease or condition that usually lasts for 3 months or longer and may get worse over time
  4. 7. disorders structural or functional anomalies that occur during intrauterine life.
  5. 11. damaging immune response by the body to a substance, especially pollen, fur, a particular food, or dust, to which it has become hypersensitive.
  6. 12. a hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans, which regulates the amount of glucose in the blood. The lack of insulin causes a form of diabetes.
  7. 13. a rash of round, red welts on the skin that itch intensely, sometimes with dangerous swelling, caused by an allergic reaction, typically to specific foods.
  8. 14. diseasesA disorder characterized by the progressive loss of function and/or structure of the affected tissues.
  9. 15. is a chemical your immune system releases.
  10. 16. a substance that causes an allergic reaction.
  11. 18. 1 diabetes In this condition, the pancreas makes little or no insulin.