Unit 14, Task 1 Resub
P1- Summarise types of long-term physiological conditions
Condition Type Causes Symptoms Biological
Explanation
Heart disease Chronic Heart disease is The symptoms Heart failure occurs
condition caused by a of heart disease in the later and most
build- up of include angina, severe of cases.
fatty deposits. which is a term Heart disease is
Lifestyle can used to describe caused when the
also have an a type of chest walls of the arteries
impact as pain. become blocked
someone who Breathlessness, with fatty deposits.
has a high fat especially when
diet, smokes people get this
and drinks type of chest
alcohol pain. Dizziness
frequently but or light-
has a lack of headedness,
regular physical which may be a
exercise, has an sign that they
increased risk are
of developing experiencing a
heart disease. heart attack.
Motor neurone Neurological Motor neurone The person “Motor neurone
disease condition disease is suffering from disease occurs when
caused by motor neurone specialist nerve cells
clumps of disease can in the brain and
protein have difficulty spinal cord, called
developing with both their motor neurones,
inside motor fine and gross stop working
neurones. This motor properly, this is
will affect their movements. It known as
ability to can make it neurodegeneration.”
function. difficult for the (Ferreiro Peteiro et
fingers to pick al., n.d.)
up and hold
objects such as
a pen.
Depending on
the severity and
how rapidly the
condition
progresses, the
person may
begin to
struggle
swallowing and
even breathing.
, Multiple sclerosis Degenerative Multiple The symptoms Multiple sclerosis
condition sclerosis can be of multiple occurs when the
caused by many sclerosis include myelin sheath
different decreased unwraps. Multiple
factors, such as mobility, people sclerosis is due to
smoking or with MS often the immune system
viruses can experience attacking the layer
sometimes muscle stiffness that protects the
trigger MS. and spasms. nerves, called the
However, the myelin sheath. “The
cause can be immune system
different for attacks the myelin
everyone. sheath in the brain
and/or the spinal
cord; this causes the
myelin sheath to
become inflammed
in patches, which
disrupts the
messages travelling
along the nerves.
This disruption leads
to the signs and
symptoms of MS>
When the
inflammation clears,
scarring is left
behind on the
myelin sheath; this
can eventually lead
to permanent
damage to the
underlying nerves.”
(Ferreiro Peteiro et
al., 2016)
Rheumatoid Autoimmune This condition is Often with Rheumatoid arthritis
arthritis condition caused when rheumatoid occurs when the
the immune arthritis the immune system
system affected joints mistakes the joint as
mistakes the swell and a pathogen, and
body for a become painful, attacks the joints.
threat and particularly
attacks it. This when
means that it movement is
can also affect involved. These
children as well, tend to be more
unlike flare ups rather
osteoarthritis, than constant
when this symptoms,
mostly affects unlike
adults or osteoarthritis,
