What you will learn in this lesson to delvelop an[ersonal wellness plan to help protect yourself from both communicable and incommunicable disease start by identifying controllable and uncontrollable rusk factors for disese

Risk factors affecting communicable diseases

a. Physical inactivity, low fruit and vegetable intake, high fast food consumption and high cholesterol are predominant causes of cardiovascular disease and some cancers

Risk Factors affecting Non communicable diseases

b. They include age, gender, genetics, exposure to air pollution, and behaviors such as smoking, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity which can lead to hypertension and obesity, in turn leading to increased risk of many NCDs.

Explanation:

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are a major disease burden in the Region. Many of the risk factors are related to lifestyle and can be controlled. Physical inactivity, low fruit and vegetable intake, high fast food consumption and high cholesterol are predominant causes of cardiovascular disease and some cancers.

Metabolic and behavioral risk factors are the most common causes of noncommunicable diseases. The most important risk factors include smoking, blood pressure, unhealthy food diet, inactivity, overweight and obesity, hypercholestrolemia, diabetes and blood sugar and alcohol (1).

Explanation:

CONTROLLABLE RISK FACTOR S are those which can be influenced. Or those habit or choice that can place someone at a higher risk of harm or diseases but can be influenced. Some of this factors are;

1.)Smoking

2)Uncontrolled hypertension (high blood pressure)

3.)Physical inactivity.

4.)Obesity.

5.)Diet

6))Uncontrolled diabetes.

7.)Uncontrolled stress and anger

While

UNCONTROLLABLE RISK FACTOR are factors which cannot be influenced. Such as;

1.)Age

2.)Family history.

3.)Ethnicity.

4.)Gender

When there are multiple risk factors there is possibility of increased in cardiovascular disease development. However there are some ways in which risk factors such as heart diseasecan be minimized, which are

What I will be able to learn in this lesson to delvelop personal wellness plan to help protect myself from both communicable and communicable diseases such as blood- borne diseases,HIV, hepatitis A, measles, are listed below.

PROTECTION FROM COMMUNICABLE DISESASE involves:

1.) preventing the coming together of people from contacting with an agent of infection.

2.)Taking proper care of the individuals who have been exposed to infection from becoming ill.

3.) prevention of passing across from the infected individual to others that are not affected.

PROTECTION FROM COMMUNICABLE DISESASE involves:

1.) Reduction in smoking of tobacco and others substance.

2.) reduce the harmful use of alcohol.

3.) avoiding unhealthy diet.

4) avoiding pollution such as sir pollution.

answer (c) by causing social withdrawal;

perspiration and respiration.