Looking after your health

Health is...

• Physical, mental and spiritual well-being.

• When your body experiences changes for different reasons.

• Physical, mental and social well-being

• When you feel sick or ill.

Illness is...

• when something internal or external causes alterations in your body functions.

• physical, mental and social well-being.

• when your organs and systems function in a correct way.

• when something internal causes an alteration in your body functions.

Match the following

• Can live in the human body causing diseases such as ringworm or athlete's foot.

• Bacteria

• They're not living beings. Cause illnesses like the flu or common cold.

• Protozoans

• Most of them do not cause disease.

• Viruses

• One of them is Plasmodium, which causes malaria.

• Fungi

Name three ways infectious agents can enter your body

Match the following

• Malfunction of the heart or blood vessels

• Cardiovascular disease

• Affects the lungs and airways

• Trauma

• When cells grow too much.

• Allergy

• Exaggerated reaction of the body when is in contact with some external agents.

• Cancer

• Accidents like burns, fractures, sprains and wounds.

• Respiratory disease

-​ (a)   fight bacteria that cause diseases.

- ​ (b)   reduce inflammation.

- ​ (c)   Reduce pain and lower fever.

• Antibiotics
• Anti-inflammatories
• Painkillers
• Symptoms
• Diagnosis
• Diagnostic tests

The ​ (a)   is the group of ​ (b)   and places in a ​ (c)   that help to prevent, ​ (d)   and treat ​ (e)   .

• Healthcare system
• people
• country
• diagnose
• illnesses
• Primary care
• Specialised care
• Hospitals
• Health centres
• cities

A surgical treatment is...

• To treat an illness with antibiotics.

• feelings and changes that you feel when you are ill.

• Diagnosing an illness

• use instruments to heal damaged parts of the body