Is pneumonia infectious or noninfectious

Answer 1

Lung cancer is not infectious- it is caused by a diet deficiency.

This thought has crossed my mind given three deaths in the family within two years. Whilst it's true they were all smokers, the timing suggests to me that this is more than coincidence.

Answer 2

Cancer itself is not communicable. I spent lots of time with both of my grandfathers when they were infected with the horrible disease. Do not worry, you cannot just "catch" cancer by being around someone living with the disease.

Answer 3

Emphysema or COPD is non infectious, it is due to destruction of alveoli (air sacs in lungs where gaseous exchange takes place). Mostly caused due to smoking or prolonged exposure to toxins (air pollution)

Answer 4

depends on how you got it (tuberculosis) but no, its usually non-infectious

Answer 5

pneumonia is infectious because bacteria or virus caused it

Answer 6

There are large number of lung diseases are there. Lung infections are communicable, when many lung diseases are noncommunicable.

Answer 7

Cancer of any type is not infectious.

Answer 8

Asthma is non-infectious.