| A | B |
|---|
| Pneumonia | Inflammatory infection of the lungs caused by streptococcus pneumonae |
| Respiratory synchytial virus | most common cause of pneumonia in children under the age of 1 |
| Pertussis | Whooping cough- highly contagious |
| Tuberculosis | caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis- airbourne |
| Asthma | chronic condition where the main air passages of the lungs become inflamed (bronchial tubes) |
| Bronchitis | inflammarion and thickening of the lining of bronchial tubes |
| Emphysema | walls between alvoli or air sacs within the lung lose their ability to stretch and recoil |
| Lung cancer | uncontrolled growth of malignant cells in one or both lungs and tracheo-bronchial tree |
| Liver | has 500 crucial functions, creates bile, filters blood, metabolizes fats, metabolizes drugs. |
| Hepatitis A | Liver disease - spread through clise personal contact - food and contaminated drinking water |
| Hepatitis B | serious liver infection- spread trough contact with body fluids of an infected person- vaccine available |
| Hepatitis C | Bloodborne condition spread by contact with blood of infected person |
| Hepatitis D | Liver disease- must occur with HBV infection |
| Hepatitis E | Contaminated water in developing countries |
| Cirrhosis | blocking of the blood flow through the organ, scar tissue replaces normal, helathy tissue- caused by alcoholism |
| Lymphoma- non Hodgkins | is a disease whic malignant cells form in the lymph system |
| Hodgkins lymphoma | a cancer of the immune system that is marked by the presence of a type of cell called the Reed Sternberg cell |
| Peptic ulcer | Helicobacter pylori causes as well as NSAIDS- treatment medications to block or suppress stomach acid |
| Crohn's disease | inflammatory disease of the colon- small intestine to the colon |
| Ulcerative colitis | chronic disease of the colon or large intestine |
