P2 Unit 4 Health and Social Care

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P2- Potential effects of life factors and life events on the development of an individual. Genetic Asthma-Adolescence Asthma could affect Kate physically because she might not be able to exercise as much and do activities that involve a lot of exercise because of her getting out of breath and having to take breaks to prevent an asthma attack. Asthma could affect Kate intellectually because she could miss out on important learning if she is at doctors’ appointments or if she has an asthma attack and has to leave school, and she could miss out on important information that could affect her grades in the future. Asthma could affect Kate emotionally because asthma may make Kate feel like she isn’t good enough or that she is too unfit so she could give up on exercise or anything that gets her asthma going. Asthma could affect Kate socially because she may not get to see her friends as much as she would like because of activities that involve exercise such as swimming. Her asthma may even prevent her from going to sleepovers with her friends in case of an asthma attack which could isolate Kate from her friends. Asthma- Adulthood Asthma could affect Kate physically because she may not be able to exercise as much because of getting out of breath and constant use of her asthma pump so it could cause her to put on weight or become overweight which could also lead to other diseases. Asthma could affect Kate intellectually because if Kate has a job she could miss time at work for things such as medical appointments or if she is too ill which could affect her pay or even put her job on the line. Asthma could affect Kate emotionally because asthma could really lower Kate’s self-esteem and cause her to have anxiety or make her depressed if she is overweight. Asthma could affect Kate socially because if she is overweight she won’t want to go out with friends and so
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