Healt and illness for primary education.

2. WHAT IS HEALTH?
• Health is a state of complete
physical, mental and social wellbeing.

3. What is an Illness?
• Illness is any situation in which your
health is impaired.

4. When are you healthy and when are
you ill???
• When your body isn’t functioning properly,
you can solve it by being positive , then you
are healthy.
• Occasionally, you can stop functioning
properly, this keeps us from doing our daily
activities. Then, you fall ILL.

5. Examples of illnesses and their
causes….
• When you know the cause of your illness it
helps us to prevent them and protect us from
them, be healthy and get better faster.
• There are two types of illnesses:
Infectious and Non-Infectious

6. Infectious illnesses
• Infectious illnesses are caused by microscopic
organisms like fungi, bacteria or viruses .
• Some illnesses like flu, chickenpox and measles
are contagious and can be spread by coughing,
sneezing, sharing combined spaces etc…

7. • Noninfectious
illnesses can
be caused
by different
factors:
Non- infectious illnesses
(This is a non infectious illness)
• Poisoning- toxic substances or drugs are breathed in or ingested.
• Accidents cause fractures, sprains or broken bones.
• Poor eating habits can make you be overweight. Obesity can cause a heart
disease and blood pressure problems.
• Abnormal cell growth can make you have cancer.
• Fatigue and anxiety can cause sleeping disorders.

8. What are infectious and noninfectious illnesses caused by??
• Infectious illnesses are caused by
microorganisms which may affect the body.
• Non-infectious illnesses are caused by
different factors: accidents, lack of vitamins…

9. • Vocabulary
• Health is a state of complete physical,
mental and social well-being
• Illness is any situation in which your
health is impaired
• Contagious illness means you can catch
it easily
• Infectious illness: caused by microscopic
organisms
• Non-infectious: caused by different
factors
Are there any other words you don’t know that
we have mentioned?

10. • What is health?
A state of complete physical,mental and social well-being
• What is Illness?
• Any situation in which your health is impaired
• What types of illnesses can you have?
• Infectious and non-infectious illnesses
• What is infectious and non-infectious illnesses caused by?
• Infectious illnesses are caused by microscopic organisms
• Non-infectious illnesses are caused by many different factors
• Do you have any questions??

11. THE END
THE END
BY:
BY:
ROCIO
ROCIO
LUCIA
LUCIA
CANDELA
CANDELA
HANNAH
HANNAH