Exam 15: Preventing and Controlling Chronic Health Conditions

The most important risk factor for stroke is:

What are two differences between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

Fibromyalgia causes inflammation and damage to joints.

A disturbance in the normal sequence of cardiac electrical activity is:

Which ethnic group has the highest risk of heart disease?

The diagnosis of multiple sclerosis is determined by the presence of a lesions or multiple lesions of the white matter of the brain.

This disease increases the risk of skeletal fractures caused by loss of bone density:

High levels of HDL act as a protective factor against heart disease.

Endocarditis is an inflammation of the inner lining of the heart chamber.

The single leading cause of death of American women is heart disease.

Second hand smoke increases a women's risk of heart disease.

Sudden weakness or numbness on one side of the body may signal a stroke.

Petit Mal seizures occur most often in children.

Estrogen replacement therapy reduces a woman's risk of heart disease.

A moving blood clot is called:

Most persons with epilepsy cannot achieve good control, even with drug therapy.

A common symptom of multiple sclerosis is gait disturbance.

Women who experience gestational diabetes will likely have Type 1 diabetes.

Women with epilepsy should not seek to become pregnant.