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Why is a disease like osteoarthritis not considered an infectious disease?
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Osteoporosis is not considered an infectious disease because someone cannot catch it from a sufferer of osteoporosis.
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Why primary prevention measures are more complex for chronic diseases such as heart disease or cancer than infectious acute conditions like cholera or Lyme disease?
Organic Plant based nutritional diet is key
What does osteoarthritis effect?
Osteoarthritis is the most common type of hip arthritis. Also called wear-and-tear arthritis or degenerative joint disease, osteoarthritis is characterized by progressive wearing away of the cartilage of the joint. As the protective cartilage is worn away by hip arthritis, bare bone is exposed within the joint.You are more likely to get it if you have a family history of the disease. Congenital or developmental defects like acetabular dysplasia, Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, slipped capital epiphysis may be implicated in as may as 80 percent of cases of hip osteoarthritis.Risk increases with obesity or a previous hip injury.About twenty percent of patients with osteoarthritis of hip would develop bilateral involvement.You can visit the link in the 'related links' section for very precise information.Hope this helps.Stanzz
Which type of arthritis is found in younger patients such as people in their 20s?
Either osteoarthritis gained as a result of trauma in an accident or an inflammatory arthritis which is an autoimmune disease like juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
Why is heart disease not contagious?
Contagious diseases are caused by Viruses, Bacteria and Germs. Heart disease is caused by a degenerative condition caused by age or environmental conditions in the body.
Can you have osteoarthritis in the back?
Not normally Gout tends to attack the extremity's like toes and fingers.
Identify why anyone can become affected by an infectious disease?
Anyone can get an infectious disease. This means that it is contagious. Like the flu or a cold.
Does penicillin relieve the symptoms of infectious disease?
Penicillin is effective for some infectious diseases, like strep throat and syphilis. It does not cure most infectious diseases.
The weakening of which system increases the possibility of acquiring an infectious disease like HIV or hepatitis?
The weakening of the immune system increases the possibility of acquiring an infectious disease.
What is an Infectious disease specialist?
A doctor who specializes in infectious diseases, which means diseases that you can "catch" from another person or from a thing like a mosquito.
Is color blindness an infectious disease like the common flu or influenza?
No, it is not an infectious disease like a cold or flu. Color blindness occurs in people who have a specific genetic trait for it. They often have adapted to the visual disorder by the time they are tested to find out they have it.
How do you get cross infection from cirrhosis of the liver?
Cirrhosis is scarring of the liver. Although it may be caused by infectious disease like hepatitis, it is not, in itself, infectious or contagious.
How is a non-infectious disease caused?
Non-infectious diseases are not caused by things entering the body but by things in the body changing for some reason. An example of a non-infectious disease would be something like Parkinsons. We don't really know what causes it and it cannot be transmitted to another person.
What is a noninfectious disease?
A non-infectious disease is one that is not transmittable to another human being. These include diseases like diabetes, osteoporosis, and Parkinson's.
Diagram of an infectious disease cycle?
diagram of infected decease like water,air,food,touch
What is another name of communicable disease?
the disease that can be transmit or pass from one person to another as virus like cold e.t.c.
What disease can pass from one organism to another?
There are Infectious Diseases and Non infectious Diseases. Infectious diseases can be transmitted from person to person, and can be spread from one living thing to another are known as communicable diseases. They can be caused by, Bacteria, Viruses, Protists, etc. which is the Plague. Non infectious diseases can not be transmitted from person to person, these are things like Cancers.
what other organizations regulate infection control?
The World Health Organization, Center for Disease Control and the National Institute of Health are the most prominent organizations that manage health issues like infectious disease. The NIH has a branch that specializes in infection called the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease.
