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