PH 129

PH 129 -Exam 1 Study Guide/PH 129 -Exam 1 Study Guide. Week 2: Defining Health Why do we need to define health? Illness v. disease ● Personal perceptions of physical symptoms ● Impacted by cultural expectations ● Diseases must be recognized by a clinical health provider based on a diagnosis ○ Illness and disease are not interchangeable terms ○ May have a disease and not feel ill, such as the case of hypertension Acute v. chronic ● Acute: Diagnosable, limited ...