| A | B |
|---|
| Tuberculosis | infectious deisease that can effect any body tissue especially the lungs |
| Tetanus | Enters through open wounds and tightens cetain muscles |
| Malaria | germs pased by mosquitoes |
| Trichinosis | grows in raw meat |
| Yellow Fever | also carried by mosquitoes |
| African Sleeping Sickness | germs carried by flies |
| Hereditary | inherited from partents-systic fibrosis |
| Congenital | present at birth, caused by events while in the womb or at birth |
| Auto-immune | a disease that attacks its own body organs |
| Degenerative | gradually damage of body organs and tissue-cancer |
| Polio | virus that affects nerves and muscles and can leave you crippled |
| Measeles | childhood disease resulting in red spots all over the body |
| Flu | very contagious disease characterized by nasal congestion and bronchial inflamation |
| Signs of Cancer | change in bowel or bladder habits, sore that does not heal, unusual bleeding or dischage, thickenting of lumps in breasts or elsewhere, indigestion or difficulty breathing, obvious change in wart or mole, nagging cough or hoarseness |
| Lowering risks of cancer | Avoid cancer, eat healthy foods, avoid high fat foods, get regular medical check-ups, limit exposure to sun, early signs of cancer |
| Healthy Lifestyle behaviors | Healthy dies, exercise regularly, maintain weight, learnt to manage stress, avoid smoking, avoid alcohol and other drugs, |
| 81% | Percent of 8th graders that do not smoke cigarettes |
| 86% | Percent of 8th graders that do not drink alcohol |
| 83% | Percent of 8th graders that do not smoke marijuana |
| 89% | percent of 8th graders that do not use inhalants |
