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What are lifestyle diseases?

Lifestyle Diseases



Lifestyle Diseases

y They are diseases that are caused partly by

unhealthy behaviors and partly by other

factors.

y Causes: a person·s

yHabits

yBehaviors

yPractices



The income loss to Indians because of these diseases,which was $8.7 billion in

2005, is projected to riseto $54 billion in 2015.



Top 11 Lifestyle Diseases

y STROKE

y CANCER

y Heart disease

y Diabetes

y Alzheimer·s Diseases:y Arteriosclerosis

y Chronic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis:

y C

hronicO

bstructive Pulmonary Disease (CO

PD):y Nephritis/CRF:

y OBESITY

y HIV/AIDS



Controllable Risk Factors

y Your diet and body weight

y Your daily levels of physical activity

y Y

our level of sun exposurey Smoking and alcohol abuse

y Get enough Sleep

y

Practice safe Sexy Develop Right Posture at work and at

home



Uncontrollable Risk Factors

y Age- the body has a harder time protecting itself as itages.

y Gender- certain diseases are more common amongmembers of one gender (men- heart disease, women-breast cancer)

y Ethnicity-AfricanAmericans are more likely todevelop high blood pressure, MexicanAmericans-

higher risk of diabetes,A

sians lower risk of heartdisease, European decent- higher risk of heart disease.

y Heredity-You can inherit chances of developingcertain disease just as you inherit your hair or eye color.



Lifestyle Diseases

Types



Cancery A disease caused by uncontrolled cell growth.

y Tumors are a mass of uncontrolled growing cells that form aclump.

y Malignant- invade and destroys healthy tissue

y Benign- harmless cell mass

y Causes:

y Certain viruses (HPV)

y

Radiation (UV rays, X-rays)y Chemicals in tobacco smoke

y Asbestos (material used in fireproofing)



Correlation between Lifestyle and

Cancer

Diet 35%

Smoking 30%

Sexual Behavior 7%

Occupation 4%

Alcohol 3%

Sun Radiation 3%

Non-Lifestyle 18%



Detecting Treating

y Self-exam

yBiopsy

yX rays

yMRI

yBlood and DNA tests

y Surgery-remove

tissue

y Chemotherapy-use of

drugsy Radiation therapy-

beam of radiation to

fire at a tumor

y Combination- use any

or all treatments



Preventing Lifestyle Diseasesy Don·t· smoke!

yWear sunscreen; stay away from

tanning beds

yEat your veggies and cut the fat

yStay active

y

Get regular medical check-upsyPractice Safe Sex

yGet Enough Sleep



FIVE causes of Hospitalisation:

(IN A GURGAON HOSPITAL)

INFECTIONS

DIABETES

HYPERTENSION

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES



HEALTH CARE COSTS can bite you

in the rear!!!



The level of comf ort you choose««

Will decide the amount

you spend«..

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