No
Arthritis is not a communicable disease. However there are communicable diseases that can bring about symptoms that include arthritis. There are over a hundred different forms of arthritis and the term atrhritis usually refers to an illness that effects the joints of the body.
Arthritis can be Genetic,Arthritis is not communicable And we don't understand it well enough to be able to attribute it to environment or behavior
Diseases are frequently referred to as communicable or non-communicable. Communicable diseases comprise infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and measles, while non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are mostly chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancers, and diabetes. That leads to the term communicable.
Communicable: can be spread through a community (contagious) Non-Communicable: not spread with contact (usually genetic)
A communicable disease is a disease that can be transferred from an infected person to another individual. or A communicable disease is an infectious disease that can be transmitted from an infected organism to another. Examples of these include: Bird flu, cholera, Malaria, etc.
non-communicable diseases
What is the mortality rate of communicable diseases in the Philippines?
non-comminicable
communicable diseases
Communicable lung diseases would be Tuberculosis, the common cold, HiNi flu, these are contagious. Non-communicable lung diseases would be asthma, COPD, and Lung cancer.
National Institute of Communicable Diseases was created in 1963.
Control of Communicable Diseases Manual was created in 1915.