Question

In at least two paragraphs, reflect on your definition of health and how disease affects homeostasis of the human body. Include at least one peer-reviewed source in your response.

Answer 1

As per WHO definition of health:

Health is an eternally growing state of the mind, body & the integrated relationships alleged by an individual, family, group or a community for the self in a particular time.

The homeostasis is the capability of the body to maintain the sustainability of overall functions in response to external or internal fluctuations of body or the environmental, disease states.

In certain disease state the normal functioning of the body like the hormonal, enzymatic or physiological levels are disturbed. Hence to regulate this condition the body makes some sudden changes to adopt this condition and to maintain the sustainability of the body functioning.

Thus various physiological variables are controlled in this process by the internal controls system of the body.

Homeostasis, Inflammation, and Disease Susceptibility

Peer-reviewed source / Article reference:

Maya E. K and Ruslan M.Homeostasis, Inflammation, and Disease Susceptibility. Cell. 2015;160(5): 816–827.