1. Non-Infectious Disease

2. Essential Questions
What is a non-infectious disease? (define & give examples)
How are they caused?
How are they treated?
Can you prevent non-infectious diseases?

3. What is a Non-Infectious Disease?
A disease NOT caused by a virus or living organism

4. Sign vs. Symptom Signs: Something that can be measured. FEVER
What you feel when you are sick.
SORE THROAT

5. Risk Factor & Lifestyle Choices
A behavior that raises/increases a person’s chances of getting a Non- Infectious Disease
Un-controllable: Heredity, age, gender, & ethnicity
Controllable: eating, activity, weight, sleep, stress level, & drugs/tobacco, etc.

6. Types of Non-Infectious Disease
Congenital – at birth, hereditary
Degenerative – the body deteriorates, shuts-down.
Environmental
Examples

7. Word Bank Non-Infectious Disease Sign Symptom Risk Factor
Hereditary Disease