PEH - Non-Communicable Disease

Non-communicable disease

Is a medical condition or disease that is noninfectious and non-transmissible among people

• Unhealthy diet

• Physical Inactivity

• Tobacco Use

Word Health Organization (WHO) reported that the main causes of NCD’s are known: _______________________

World Health Organization

_________________________ reported that the main causes of NCD’s are known: unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use

Cardiovascular Disease

Is a group of degenerative conditions that afflicts the heart and the vessels. It includes coronary heart disease, stroke, hypertension or high blood pressure, and heart failure

Department of Health (2009)

The ______________ identified that the heart disease as the number one leading cause or mortality in the Philippines

Coronary Heart Disease

Is the term that describes what happens when your heart’s blood supply is blocked or interrupted by a build-up of fatty substances in the coronary arteries

Myocardial Infraction

A ________________ happens when one or more areas of the heart muscle don’t get enough oxygen

Heart Attack

Myocardial Infraction also called as

High Blood Pressure or Hypertension

Is blood pressure that is higher than normal

Hypertension

High Blood Pressure also called

Cerebrovascular Accident

Stroke also called as

Stroke

Is damage to part of the brain that is caused by an interruption of blood supply to (hemorrhage) or blockage (ischemic) of blood vessels. Rupture and leakage

• Face

• Arms

• Speech

• Time

Spot the signs of a stoke F.A.S.T

Face

Ask the person to smile, is one side of the face dropping?

Arms

Ask the person to raise their arms, is one weak?

Speech

Ask the person to speak,

Time

Call 911 right away at the first sign of a stroke

• Hemorrhagic Stroke

• Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

• Intracerebral Hemorrhage

• Ischemic Stroke

• Embolic Stroke

• Thrombotic Stroke

Types of stokes:

Hemorrhagic Stroke

A rupture of the vessel

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Means that there is bleeding in the space that surrounds the brain

Intracerebral Hemorrhage

(bleeding into the brain tissue) is the second most common cause of stroke (15-30% of stokes) and the most deadly

Ischemic Stroke

Occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is interrupted preventing the brain tissue from getting oxygen and nutrients. Brain cells begin to die in minutes

Embolic Stroke

Usually caused by a blood clot that forms elsewhere in the body (embolus) and travels through the bloodstream to the brain

Thrombotic Stroke

Are strokes caused by a thrombus (blood clot) that develops in the arteries supplying blood to the brain

Degenerative Condition

A disease in which the function or structure of the affected tissues or organs changes for the worse overtime

Blood Vessels

Are channels that carry blood throughout your body

Coronary Arteries

Supply blood to the heart muscle

Brain Aneurysm

Can leak or rupture, causing bleeding into the brain (hemorrhagic stroke)

Embolus

It is the blood clot