MAPEH 6

QUARTER 1- WEEK
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Personal Health Issues
LESSON and Concerns on:
 Height and Weight
 Hearing
GRADE 6  Vision

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 “HEALTH IS WEALTH”
- A healthy body is free from
illnesses and diseases.
- A healthy person eats nutritious
foods, exercise regularly and get
enough rest and sleep.
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Stunted growth
- the normal growth rate in a
person has been reduced.
- manifestation of malnutrition
- mothers should breastfeed their
babies for the first 6 months.
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Underweight
- A person whose body weight
is too low to be healthy.
- Body Mass Index (BMI) is
less than 18.5.
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Overweight and obesity
- excessive fat in the body that
presents a risk to health.
- likely to suffer from cardiovascular or
heart diseases, diabetes and cancer
- minimize sugar, fat and
carbohydrate intake
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Height and weight problems

1. Underweight
2. Overweight/ Obesity
3. Stunted growth
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Ears - sense organ for hearing
- do not use cotton
buds and other objects.
Instead, use soft cloth in
cleaning the ears.
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Personal health issues on hearing
1. Impacted cerumen
Cerumen- protect the ears.
- If it is pushed against the eardrum by
cotton buds or hairpins, it blocks the
ear canal.
- If untreated, it can lead to hearing
loss, irritation, pain in the ears,
dizziness, ringing ears.
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Personal health issues on hearing
2. Swimmer’s ear
- infection in the outer ear canal.
- happens when water is trapped in
the ears causing bacterial infection that
spreads in the inner ear.
- If untreated, it causes severe pain,
redness or swelling of the outer ear and
fever.
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 Personal health issues on hearing
3. Otitis Media
- is a group of inflammatory
diseases of the middle ear.
- Children experience middle ear
infections due to virus or
bacteria caused by common
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Hearing problems

1. Impacted cerumen
2. Swimmer’s ear
3. Otitis media
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 Ophthalmologist
- a specialist in treating
eye conditions and
diseases
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 Personal health issues on eyes
1. Astigmatism
- common eye condition
experienced by young people.
- blurry vision, eyestrain,
- headaches and trouble seeing at
night
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 Personal health issues on eyes
2. Myopia or near-sightedness
- people can see close objects
clearly, but objects farther away
appear blurred.

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 Personal health issues on eyes
3. Hyperopia or far-sightedness
- people have difficulty
focusing on objects that are
too close but can see distant
objects very well.
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 Personal health issues on eyes
4. Xerophthalmia
- is a medical condition in which the
eye fails to produce tears.
- white spots and ulcers on the cornea.
- result to night blindness or serious
damage to the cornea or outer layer
of the eye.
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 Personal health issues on eyes
5. Strabismus
- also called crossed eyes.
- eyes do not properly align
with each other when
looking at an object.
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Eye problems
1. Astigmatism
2. Myopia/ near-sightedness
3. Hyperopia/ far-sightedness
4. Xeropthalmia
5. Strabismus
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