ALLERGIES

DESCRIPTION A SPECIFIC REACTION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO A FOREIGN AND FREQUENTLY HARMLESS SUBSTANCE

COMMON ALLERGENS THINGS THAT COMMONLY CAUSE ALLERGIES: POLEN FOODS DUST MOLD SPORES CHEMICALS INSECT VENOM MEDICATIONS

SYMPTOMS OF ALLERGIES SNEEZING ITCHY EYES RUNNY NOSE HIVES: ITCHY RAISED BUMPS ON SKIN SWELLING OF MOUTH AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEM CAN CAUSE SOME ALLERGIES TO BE LIFE THREATENING

DIAGNOSING ALLERGIES BLOOD TEST FOOD ELIMINATION DIET SKIN TEST SCRATCH TEST

TREATING ALLERGIES AVOID THE ALLERGEN

ASTHMA

DESCRIPTION AN INFLAMMATORY CONDITION IN WHICH THE SMALL AIRWAYS IN THE LUNGS BECOME NARROWED, CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING

HOW IT OCCURS BRONCHIAL TUBES OF PEOPLE WITH ASTHMA ARE SENSITIVE TO SUBSTANCES KNOWN AS TRIGGERS TRIGGERS CAUSE THE MUSCLES OF THE BRONCHIAL WALLS TO TIGHTEN AND PRODUCE EXTRA MUCUS RESPIRATORY PASSAGES NARROW

MANAGING ASTHMA RECOGNIZE WARNING SIGNS OF AN ATTACK SHORTNESS OF BREATH, CHEST TIGHTNESS OR PAIN, COUGHING OR SNEEZING REDUCE ASTHMA TRIGGERS AVOID TRIGGER ENVIRONMENT (SMOKE ETC.) MANAGE STRESS STRESS CAN TRIGGER AN ATTACK MEDICATION SYMPTOMS OFTEN RELIEVED BY USING A BRONCHODILATOR (INHALER)

DIABETES

DESCRIPTION A CHRONIC DISEASE THAT AFFECTS THE WAY BODY CELLS CONVERT FOOD INTO ENERGY PANCREASE PRODUCES TOO LITTLEOR NO INSULIN INSULIN HELPS GLUCOSE ENTER BODY CELLS

DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT DIAGNOSIS: TREATMENT: BLOOD TEST NO CURE TREATMENT REGIMINE DEPENDES ON TYPE

TYPE I DIABETES 5-10% OF DIABETES CASES APPEARS SUDDENLY AND PROGRESSES QUICKLY BODY DOES NOT PRODUCE INSULIN GLUCOSE BUILDS UP IN THE BLOOD = STARVING CELLS MUST TAKE DAILY INSULIN SHOT OR PUMP

TYPE II DIABETES 90-95% OF DIABETES CASES MOST OFTEN APPEARS AFTER AGE 40 BODY IS UNABLE TO MAKE ENOUGH INSULIN OR TO USE INSULIN PROPERLY # OF CASES INCREASING RAPIDLY IN U.S.A. DUE TO INCREASED NUMBER OF OLDER PEOPLE AND A GREATER PREVALENCE OF OBESITY AND INACTIVE LIFESTYLES

TYPE II CONTINUED. . . DIET HIGH IN FAT, CALORIES, AND CHOLESTEROL INCREASES THE RISK OF DIABETES TREATMENT OF TYPE II INCLUDES WEIGHT MANAGEMENT AND REGULAR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PEOPLE WITH THIS TYPE MUST CAREFULLY MONITOR THEIR DIET IN ORDER TO CONTROL THEIR BLOOD-SUGAR LEVELS

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