GLPH 171 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
Define Health Ans✓✓✓State of complete physical, mental, and social
wellbeing, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Define differences between disease, illness and sickness
Ans✓✓✓Disease: biological or physical malady affecting the body
Illness: refers to perception of dysfunction by the afflicted individual
Sickness: social acknowledgement of impairment or affliction
Relationship between disease, illness and sickness; give examples of
each Ans✓✓✓1) Disease without illness: hypertension does not cause
people to feel ill
2) Illness without disease
hyperchondriac
3) Illness without sickness
headache
Name 4 factors that cause disease (GGLM) Ans✓✓✓1) Germs
,2) Genetics
3) Lifestyle
4) Multifactorial disease causation (epigenetics or environmetal factors)
Describe Koch's germ theory of disease Ans✓✓✓1) Germs are present
in those with disease and absent in those without
2) Germs can be isolated/cultured from those with the disease
3) Germs can cause diseases when introduced into a healthy host
4) Germs can be re-isolated from newly diseased-host
Describe Lister's reasoning Ans✓✓✓1) Sepsis might be caused by
pollen-like dust
2) Antiseptic conditions including application of carbolic acid should
logically prevent wound infections
3) Surgical mortality fell from 45% to 15 % after Lister's intervention
, Describe Pasteurs hypothesis Ans✓✓✓1) First posulated germ theory of
disease
2) Discovered principle of microbial fermentation and sterilization
3)First described heat treatment methods for milk and wine
Genetic theories shift responsibility for disease to interplay between
genetics and environment. Name 2 examples of this: Ans✓✓✓Genetic
theories emphasize hereditary vulnerability
Genetic theories focus on an individual rather than society
Lifestyle theories are behaviourally driven. Behavioural changes as the
route to good health. Name 3 Ans✓✓✓1) Smoking
2) Consuming alcohol
3) Eating fatty foods
Multifactoral disease causation. Name the most obvious example.
Explain it Ans✓✓✓Epigenetics
Having a specific gene raises your risk for a disease but it is not
completely deterministic. Must have environmental trigger
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
Define Health Ans✓✓✓State of complete physical, mental, and social
wellbeing, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Define differences between disease, illness and sickness
Ans✓✓✓Disease: biological or physical malady affecting the body
Illness: refers to perception of dysfunction by the afflicted individual
Sickness: social acknowledgement of impairment or affliction
Relationship between disease, illness and sickness; give examples of
each Ans✓✓✓1) Disease without illness: hypertension does not cause
people to feel ill
2) Illness without disease
hyperchondriac
3) Illness without sickness
headache
Name 4 factors that cause disease (GGLM) Ans✓✓✓1) Germs
,2) Genetics
3) Lifestyle
4) Multifactorial disease causation (epigenetics or environmetal factors)
Describe Koch's germ theory of disease Ans✓✓✓1) Germs are present
in those with disease and absent in those without
2) Germs can be isolated/cultured from those with the disease
3) Germs can cause diseases when introduced into a healthy host
4) Germs can be re-isolated from newly diseased-host
Describe Lister's reasoning Ans✓✓✓1) Sepsis might be caused by
pollen-like dust
2) Antiseptic conditions including application of carbolic acid should
logically prevent wound infections
3) Surgical mortality fell from 45% to 15 % after Lister's intervention
, Describe Pasteurs hypothesis Ans✓✓✓1) First posulated germ theory of
disease
2) Discovered principle of microbial fermentation and sterilization
3)First described heat treatment methods for milk and wine
Genetic theories shift responsibility for disease to interplay between
genetics and environment. Name 2 examples of this: Ans✓✓✓Genetic
theories emphasize hereditary vulnerability
Genetic theories focus on an individual rather than society
Lifestyle theories are behaviourally driven. Behavioural changes as the
route to good health. Name 3 Ans✓✓✓1) Smoking
2) Consuming alcohol
3) Eating fatty foods
Multifactoral disease causation. Name the most obvious example.
Explain it Ans✓✓✓Epigenetics
Having a specific gene raises your risk for a disease but it is not
completely deterministic. Must have environmental trigger
