What are the 4 most common causes of infectious diseases?
Causes
- Bacteria. These one-cell organisms are responsible for illnesses such as strep throat, urinary tract infections and tuberculosis.
- Viruses. Even smaller than bacteria, viruses cause a multitude of diseases ranging from the common cold to AIDS.
- Fungi.
- Parasites.
What are the 10 non communicable diseases?
Noncommunicable diseases kill around 40 million people each year….Some common noncommunicable cardiovascular conditions and diseases include:
- heart attack.
- stroke.
- coronary artery disease.
- cerebrovascular disease.
- peripheral artery disease (PAD)
- congenital heart disease.
- deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
What is the most communicable disease?
The top five most contagious infectious diseases include respiratory tract infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia, HIV/AIDS, diarrheal diseases, tuberculosis and malaria. Respiratory tract infections, especially lower respiratory infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia are considered the most contagious and deadly.
What are some examples of non communicable diseases?
Examples of non-communicable diseases include diabetes, Alzheimer’s, cancer, osteoporosis, chronic lung disease, stroke, and heart disease. Almost four-fifths of all deaths from non-communicable diseases occur in developing countries. Non-communicable diseases, also known as NCDs are non-infectious medical diseases or conditions.
What are examples of noncommunicable disease?
A non-communicable disease is a term used to refer to diseases that are not contagious. The term is used to differentiate these diseases from other diseases that may be transmitted to other hosts. Examples of non-communicable disease are cancer, heart disease, and allergies.
What is non microbial disease?
Non- microbial is a term that means not caused by microbes. Examples of non-microbial causes of disease include immune or nervous system disorders, psychological stress, traumatic injury, chemicals, etc. The non- microbial disease I chose is Depression.