Across
- 4. Malfunctioning proteins
- 8. Health that is Related to environmental conditions and access to food, health or educational resources
- 9. Diseases that appear suddenly and last for a short amount of time, with a well-defined end and beginning, like the flu
- 12. The habits or behaviours of each individual that have an impact on theirhealth, such as physical activity, diet and personal hygiene
- 14. A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not simply the absence of disease
- 15. An aspect of health that focuses on a state of well-being in which a person is able to cope with the normal stresses of life
- 16. The ability to cause damage
- 18. Diseases that appear in a large number of people, in a particular region and in a relatively short time
- 19. Not caused by pathogens but by a wide variety of causes or factors; example: diabetes
- 21. The study of diseases
- 22. A factor of health determined by genes, age and gender; difficult or impossible to modify
- 23. A factor of health that includes physical (temperature or noise), chemical (pollutants),biological (pathogens) and social (cultural or economic status) factors
- 24. Habits, activities or lifestyles that increase the risk of developing a disease
- 25. The study of the causes of diseases
- 26. Caused by a pathogen that enters the body and infects it; example: chickenpox
Down
- 1. Diseases that are consistently present or occur regularly in a specific population or certain area
- 2. A type of health which is concerned with the proper anatomical and physiological functioning of the whole body
- 3. Doctors, hospitals and treatments
- 5. Subjective manifestations or experiences, such as pain, discomfort or weakness
- 6. Objective, observable phenomena, such as fever, swelling or cough
- 7. Parasitic worms
- 10. Diseases that develop gradually and last a long time, like Parkinson’s disease
- 11. A living organism that carries the pathogen but isnt affected
- 13. Diseases that appear in a large number of people simultaneously, usually covering a very large area that can be global
- 17. The stage of an infection where the symptoms resolve
- 20. This is the ability to generate toxins and destroy the cell
