Physical and health education JSS2 First Term

Week 9

Non-communicable diseases and their preparation II

Performance objectives:

Students should be able to:

1. State the nature of the following non-communicable diseases

(i) Sickle cell (ii) Obesity (iii) Asthma (iv) Ache (v) Boils (vi) Cancer (vii)Hypertension

Content

Nature of non-communicable diseases

1. Nature of asthma: Asthma is a condition in which the airways narrows and swell. This makes breathing difficult and trigger coughing, a whistling sound (wheezing) when one breathes out and shortness of breath.

2. Cancer: Cancer is a disease caused when cells divide uncontrollably and spread into surrounding tissues.

3. Hypertension: Hypertension is another name for high blood pressure. It is a condition in which the force of the blood against the artery walls is too high. It.... View More