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9
Types of disease
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1 Cut out the cards below and sort them into groups, to show different kinds of disease:
infectious, genetic, deficiency, lifestyle, and autoimmune
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Arrange the groups to make it easier for you to show this
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I can…
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give examples of different kinds of diseases and describe how they are caused
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Substances in the smoke
cause some lung cells to start dividing
uncontrollably, forming lumps called tumours
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Haemoglobin contains iron, so
anaemia is often caused by too little iron in the diet
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You catch the disease by drinking
water contaminated with cholera bacteria from other
people’s faeces
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Mosquitoes take in the parasite when
they suck blood from someone with malaria
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Haemophilia is a disease in which the blood doesn’t
clot properly
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This disease is known to ‘run
in families’
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It is easily
passed from person to person
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Type 1 diabetes is caused by the immune system
attacking and destroying the cells in the body that
produce insulin
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Influenza (flu) is a common winter disease that is
caused by a virus
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Scurvy was a common disease of sailors who were
at sea for long periods of time if they didn’t get
enough vitamin C in their food
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Heart disease may be caused by the narrowing of
blood vessels in the heart
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It may be
linked to high levels of saturated fat in the diet or to
substances found in tobacco smoke
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It can also be the result of
infection with the hepatitis C virus
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It is caused by the body’s immune system
attacking and breaking down the coverings on
nerve cells
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It
affects around 267 million people each year, and
causes vomiting (being sick) and diarrhoea
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Rickets is a weakness of bones as a result of not
getting enough calcium or vitamin D
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Vitamin D
is made in the body when the skin is exposed to
sunlight
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