Non-Communicable Disease

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Across
  1. 1. Cardiovascular diseases affect the heart and _______________ vessels
  2. 4. Obvious change in a _________________ or mole is one warning sign of cancer
  3. 6. Disease causing frequent seizures
  4. 11. The medical term for chronic high blood pressure
  5. 12. An extreme sensitivity to a substance
  6. 13. A _____________ that doesn't heal is one warning sign of cancer
  7. 14. A ______________ factor is a characteristic that increases your chances of getting a disease
  8. 16. A common risk factor for non-communicable diseases is your _________________ history
  9. 18. Disease of the joints
Down
  1. 2. Disease causing weakened bones
  2. 3. The process of injecting powerful medicine into the bloodstream in an attempt to kill cancer
  3. 5. Inflammatory disorder that blocks air passages
  4. 7. Atherosclerosis occurs when ________________ builds up inside the arteries
  5. 8. A _______________ is like a heart attack, but in your brain
  6. 9. The protein that allows glucose to enter your cells from your bloodstream
  7. 10. When blood flow to the heart slows or stops, it's called a heart _________________
  8. 15. The disease that makes it hard to convert food to energy
  9. 17. The disease caused when abnormal cells multiple out of control