HLTH 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Chronic Condition, Terminal Illness, Blood Sugar
18 Jan 2017
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Life expectancy: the average number of years a person can be expected to live. Health: the dynamic, ever-changing process of trying to achieve individual potential in the physical, social, mental, occupational, emotional, environmental and spiritual dimensions. It shifts in main causes of death from infectious to chronic diseases. Achieving a high level in each dimension of health. Acute illness: a disease with a rapid onset or short duration. Chronic illness: a health condition that is long lasting and needs to be managed long-term. Terminal illness: an active disease with no reasonable chance of cure. Disease: a medical diagnosis which locates a problem in specific organs and is treated through biomedical treatments. Illness: personal experience of a person who acknowledges they do not feel well. Sickness: social actions taken by a person because of an illness or disease. You may have a disease but not feel ill from it ex: hiv.
