science

1. Common Diseases of the
Major Body Organ

2. • Heart ailments
– Congenital Heart disease
• Born with a heart that has
abnormalities in size, structure , or
function.

3. – Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD)
• The heart valve cannot open or close
properly making the heart unable to
pump blood effectively and becomes
enlarged.

4. • Stomach Ailments
– Dyspepsia or indigestion
• Gas builds up in stomach and causes
it to bloat.

5. – Hyperacidity
• Stomach produces too much acid.

6. – Stomach ulcer or peptic ulcer
• Sores that develop inside the lining
of esophagus, stomach and duodenum.

7. • Cancer – a disease of the body
cells. Cancer cells
are cells that have
lost the ability to
stop multiplying.
Tumors are harmful
lumps or masses of
tissues.

8. – Liver Cancer
• Caused by a damage to the liver,
alcohol abuse, long-lasting viral
infection (hepa B or C), or heredity.

9. – Lung Cancer
• Caused by smoking, inhalation of
second-hand smoke and exposure to
certain substances and other forms of
air pollution.

10. – Stomach Cancer
• A type of cancer with still no
identified cause.

11. – Colorectal Cancer or Colon Cancer
• Eating too much processed food or
those with low amounts of fiber.

12. – Pancreatic Cancer
• A disease in which cancer cells form
in the tissues of the pancreas.

13. • Diabetes
– A disease inn which the body
becomes unable to balance the
sugar level in the blood.
– Insulin is a chemical produced by
the pancreas that controls the
sugar level in the body.

14. • Hypertension
– Also called high blood pressure,
occurs when blood pressure or the
force exerted by the blood on the
walls of the arteries as it is
pumped by the heart, is higher
than the normal level.

15. • Tuberculosis (TB)
– It is highly infectious disease
caused by Mycobacterium
tuberculosis.

16. • Pneumonia
– It is an infection of the lungs
that can be caused by organisms
such as viruses, bacteria, amoeba,
fungi, and parasites.

17. • Hepatitis
– The swelling of the liver, it is
commonly caused by viruses.

18. • Asthma
– Is a disease in which a person’s
lungs constrict or tighten.

19. • Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
– It is a common bacterial disease
that affects the kidneys, urinary
bladder, and the tubes connecting
them.