So in this session let's understand
in detail the link between Bizzy's and human health. HEALTH IS WEALTH is
what we often hear from all the doctors or health practitioners who always
promote a healthy diet and lifestyle we hear it so much that most of us never
really think much about what it really means health is most often considered to
be a state of complete physical well-being, but it is even important for us to
be mentally and socially healthy for we can be really happy if we are healthy
from within but many would also say that to be healthy means one should not
have any illness or one should be disease-free that is absolutely correct - our
doctor examines so many people during the day who are suffering from some or
other disease so it is important for him to understand diseases better and
since we are very much responsible for our own well-being.
Let us also try to understand them
today and we can start by classifying them appropriately first we can
categorize them into two types on the basis of the onset of the really big.
The first type comprises diseases that are present since birth as
they are inherited by a child from its parents also called congenital
diseases, majority of the cases are related to defective formation of
certain organs or body parts while the baby was in the womb according to a case
study nearly about 2.5lakh babies born each year in Pakistan are affected by
congenital defects and the majority of this are related to heart followed by
inherited genetic changes and infections, on the contrary, there are diseases
which are developed after birth such as diabetes as most of these diseases are
acquired in some form or the other they are called as acquired diseases. N Now on the basis of how the disease gets
transmitted from one person to another acquired diseases are further classified
into two types first is a communicable disease which spreads from an
infected person to a healthier person these may spread directly that is via physical
contact or through droplets or indirectly that is if it spreads through contaminated
water it is called as waterborne if it spreads through results in the air it is
called as airborne then through contaminated food is called as foot borne
through infected inanimate objects is called for mite born and the one which
spread through flies insects it is called as vector work.
Now let’s talk about the second
category of acquired diseases Non-communicable diseases which do not spread
from one person to another according to a WHO report non-communicable diseases
kill nearly a 38million people each year there are certain risk factors involved
in the development and non-communicable diseases which include age gender genetics exposure
to pollution behavior such as smoking and healthy diet physical inactivity
hypertension and obesity they are also caused by biological infectious agents
such as viruses, cardiovascular diseases like heart attacks and stroke cancers
respiratory diseases such as obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes are
four main types of non-communicable diseases.
You might have also noticed
sometimes we fall ill only for a few days and how it can even take weeks to
recover before we become healthy again so depending on the duration, diseases
are also termed acute diseases something that is characterized by sudden
onset of symptoms also they are severe in nature and last for shorter periods
of time example acute leukemia, common cold heart attack whereas chronic
diseases are long-term medical conditions that are progressive such as chronic
respiratory problems diabetes disease, therefore, depends on many factors which
may be due to unhealthy lifestyle or genetic changes but they happen majorly
because of infections these infections are due to the invasion of foreign
entities in our body.
These disease-causing agents are
called microorganisms they are single-celled invisible to the human eye and have
existed for billions of years on this planet they are present everywhere they
live in the water you drink the food you eat and the air you breathe they are
present even in the body so to what extent do these ubiquitous microorganisms
affect our health.
To answer this question does make
sure to check out the upcoming session where we'll try to find out if microorganisms
are our friends or for an important thing to note here is that if we even bring
a small helpful change in our habits and adopt a healthy lifestyle most of this
acquired disease can be kept at bay successfully.
Helping current and future
clinicians focus to learn to retain and thrive
Thank You