1. ALLERGIES

2. DESCRIPTION
A SPECIFIC REACTION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO A FOREIGN AND FREQUENTLY HARMLESS SUBSTANCE

3. COMMON ALLERGENS THINGS THAT COMMONLY CAUSE ALLERGIES: POLEN FOODS
DUST
MOLD SPORES
CHEMICALS
INSECT VENOM
MEDICATIONS

4. SYMPTOMS OF ALLERGIES SNEEZING ITCHY EYES RUNNY NOSE
HIVES: ITCHY RAISED BUMPS ON SKIN
SWELLING OF MOUTH AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEM CAN CAUSE SOME ALLERGIES TO BE LIFE THREATENING

5. DIAGNOSING ALLERGIES BLOOD TEST FOOD ELIMINATION DIET SKIN TEST
SCRATCH TEST

6. TREATING ALLERGIES
AVOID THE ALLERGEN

7. ASTHMA

8. DESCRIPTION
AN INFLAMMATORY CONDITION IN WHICH THE SMALL AIRWAYS IN THE LUNGS BECOME NARROWED, CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING

9. HOW IT OCCURS
BRONCHIAL TUBES OF PEOPLE WITH ASTHMA ARE SENSITIVE TO SUBSTANCES
KNOWN AS TRIGGERS
TRIGGERS CAUSE THE MUSCLES OF THE BRONCHIAL WALLS TO TIGHTEN AND PRODUCE EXTRA MUCUS
RESPIRATORY PASSAGES NARROW

10. MANAGING ASTHMA RECOGNIZE WARNING SIGNS OF AN ATTACK
SHORTNESS OF BREATH, CHEST TIGHTNESS OR PAIN, COUGHING OR SNEEZING
REDUCE ASTHMA TRIGGERS
AVOID TRIGGER ENVIRONMENT (SMOKE ETC.)
MANAGE STRESS
STRESS CAN TRIGGER AN ATTACK
MEDICATION
SYMPTOMS OFTEN RELIEVED BY USING A BRONCHODILATOR (INHALER)

11. DIABETES

12. DESCRIPTION
A CHRONIC DISEASE THAT AFFECTS THE WAY BODY CELLS CONVERT FOOD INTO ENERGY
PANCREASE PRODUCES TOO LITTLEOR NO INSULIN
INSULIN HELPS GLUCOSE ENTER BODY CELLS

13. DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT DIAGNOSIS: TREATMENT: BLOOD TEST NO CURE
TREATMENT REGIMINE DEPENDES ON TYPE

14. TYPE I DIABETES 5-10% OF DIABETES CASES
APPEARS SUDDENLY AND PROGRESSES QUICKLY
BODY DOES NOT PRODUCE INSULIN
GLUCOSE BUILDS UP IN THE BLOOD = STARVING CELLS
MUST TAKE DAILY INSULIN
SHOT OR PUMP

15. TYPE II DIABETES 90-95% OF DIABETES CASES
MOST OFTEN APPEARS AFTER AGE 40
BODY IS UNABLE TO MAKE ENOUGH INSULIN OR TO USE INSULIN PROPERLY
# OF CASES INCREASING RAPIDLY IN U.S.A. DUE TO INCREASED NUMBER OF OLDER PEOPLE AND A GREATER PREVALENCE OF OBESITY AND INACTIVE LIFESTYLES

16. TYPE II CONTINUED. . .
DIET HIGH IN FAT, CALORIES, AND CHOLESTEROL INCREASES THE RISK OF DIABETES
TREATMENT OF TYPE II INCLUDES WEIGHT MANAGEMENT AND REGULAR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
PEOPLE WITH THIS TYPE MUST CAREFULLY MONITOR THEIR DIET IN ORDER TO CONTROL THEIR BLOOD-SUGAR LEVELS

17. THE END!!