Infectious Disease

Acute disease: severe and sudden in onset

Chronic disease: long-term, 3+ months

• Acute on chronic: when a chronic condition flairs up

Men are more likely to develop cancer (1:2)

Female (1:3)

Common causes of cancer

• Smoking/tobacco

• Viruses and other infections

• Diet and physical activity

80-84 is the age range you are most likely to develop cancer

Modificable vs Nonmodifiable

• M: things that we can change

  • Ex: eating habits, don’t use drugs,

• N:

Noncommunicable disease

• Cannot be transferred/spread/transmitted

• Chronic diseases

• Ex: osteoporosis, heart disease, kidney stones, arthritis, cancer, epilepsy

Communicable

• HIV, the cold, HPV, gonorrhea, covid