NSTP 2

PUBLIC HEALTH

MARC LUIS CARTONEROS

BSA-1A
MR. DANIEL OLIVEROS

 PUBLIC HEALTH
1. WHAT IS NUTRITION
2. WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF MALNUTRITION AND WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN GIVE AT LEAST 5
IN CAUSES AND EFFECT]
3. WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF BREASTFEEDING

DEFINE THE FOLLOWING

1. SORE EYES
2. CHICKEN FOX
3. CHOLERA
4. TUBERCULOSIS

1. NUTRITION IS THE BIOCHEMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS BY WHICH

AN ORGANISM USES FOOD TO SUPPORT ITS LIFE. IT INCLUDES INGESTION,
ABSORPTION, ASSIMILATION, BIOSYNTHESIS, CATABOLISM, AND EXCRETION.
THE SCIENCE THAT STUDIES THE PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS OF NUTRITION IS
CALLED NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE
2. CAUSES OF MALNUTRITION INCLUDE INAPPROPRIATE DIETARY CHOICES, A
LOW INCOME, DIFFICULTY OBTAINING FOOD, AND VARIOUS PHYSICAL AND
MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS. UNDERNUTRITION IS ONE TYPE OF
MALNUTRITION. IT OCCURS WHEN THE BODY DOES NOT GET ENOUGH FOOD.
3. T SUPPLIES ALL THE NECESSARY NUTRIENTS IN THE PROPER
PROPORTIONS. IT PROTECTS AGAINST ALLERGIES, SICKNESS, AND OBESITY.
IT PROTECTS AGAINST DISEASES, LIKE DIABETES AND CANCER. ...
BREASTFED BABIES SCORE HIGHER ON IQ TESTS.

DEFINE THE FOLLOWING

1. SORE EYES ARE AN UNPLEASANT SENSATION IN OR AROUND ONE OR BOTH

EYES. YOUR EYES MAY FEEL GRITTY, TENDER, OR TIRED. SORE EYES MAY
BE CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RUBBING OF THE EYES. AIRBORNE IRRITANTS,
INCLUDING SMOKE AND SMOG, AS WELL AS OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS,
SUCH AS EXPOSURE TO CHEMICALS OR EVEN TOO MUCH SUN, CAN RESULT IN
SORE EYES. INADEQUATE LUBRICATION OF THE EYE SURFACE BY TEARS,
WHICH IS FREQUENTLY CALLED DRY EYE, IS A VERY COMMON CAUSE OF SORE
EYES.
2. CHICKEN FOX IS AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE CAUSING A MILD FEVER AND A
RASH OF ITCHY INFLAMED BLISTERS. IT IS CAUSED BY THE HERPES ZOSTER
VIRUS AND MAINLY AFFECTS CHILDREN, WHO ARE AFTERWARD USUALLY
IMMUNE.

3. CHOLERA IS AN INFECTIOUS AND OFTEN FATAL BACTERIAL DISEASE OF

THE SMALL INTESTINE, TYPICALLY CONTRACTED FROM INFECTED WATER
SUPPLIES AND CAUSING SEVERE VOMITING AND DIARRHEA.

4. TUBERCULOSIS IS A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS INFECTIOUS DISEASE THAT

MAINLY AFFECTS THE LUNGS. THE BACTERIA THAT CAUSE TUBERCULOSIS ARE
SPREAD FROM PERSON TO PERSON THROUGH TINY DROPLETS RELEASED INTO
THE AIR VIA COUGHS AND SNEEZES.
5. TYPHOID FEVER IS A LIFE-THREATENING INFECTION CAUSED BY THE
BACTERIUM SALMONELLA TYPHI. IT IS USUALLY SPREAD THROUGH
CONTAMINATED FOOD OR WATER. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE PROLONGED FEVER,
FATIGUE, HEADACHE, NAUSEA, ABDOMINAL PAIN, AND CONSTIPATION OR
DIARRHEA.
6. DIARRHEA IS LOOSE, WATERY STOOLS THREE OR MORE TIMES A DAY.
DIARRHEA MAY BE ACUTE, PERSISTENT, OR CHRONIC: ACUTE DIARRHEA IS A
COMMON PROBLEM THAT TYPICALLY LASTS 1 OR 2 DAYS AND GOES AWAY ON
ITS OWN. PERSISTENT DIARRHEA LASTS LONGER THAN 2 WEEKS AND LESS
THAN 4 WEEKS.