Heart Disease and Non-communicable diseases

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  1. 3. type of diabetes auto-immune disease where immune system attacks pancreas and the body MAKES LITTLE OR NO INSULIN
  2. 7. Electrical problem with the heart and it stops beating or stops beating in a rhythmic way
  3. 8. Condition when airways get constricted and breathing becomes difficult
  4. 10. Disease that irreversibly damaged alveoli and causes shortness of breath due to trapped air.
  5. 14. Smallest blood vessels, barely wider than a blood cell, where gas, nutrient, fuel and wastes are exchanged in body tissues
  6. 15. Lack of blood supply and oxygen to the brain
  7. 17. Inflammation of bronchiole tubes along with mucus production that restricts airflow; usually caused by virus
  8. 18. Group of lung diseases that make breathing difficult; mucus production
  9. 19. disease of the joints in which joint cartilage breaks down
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  1. 1. A specific reaction of the immune system to an ALLERGEN
  2. 2. High Blood Pressure
  3. 4. Fatty deposits on artery walls
  4. 5. A disease that affects the way body cells convert sugar to energy
  5. 6. Expand and contract with high pressure of blood leaving the heart
  6. 9. type of diabetes Obesity; High Fat and Sugar Diets; Lack of Exercise; Genetics
  7. 11. Muscular pump which uses pressure to push blood through different vessels and back to heart.
  8. 12. Have special valves to prevent back flow due to lower pressure
  9. 13. Blocked blood supply to the heart resulting in tissue death
  10. 16. When the heart gradually weakens or can’t pump effectively