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How are disease made?
Infection occurs when viruses, bacteria, or other microbes enter your body and begin to multiply. Disease, which typically happens in a small proportion of infected people, occurs when the cells in your body are damaged as a result of infection, and signs and symptoms of an illness appear.
What are most human diseases caused by?
Many of the same microbes (e.g. bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites) affect both animals and humans via the environment they share and 60% of all human diseases originate in animals.
What are the direct cause of disease?
Direct contact infections spread when disease-causing microorganisms pass from the infected person to the healthy person via direct physical contact with blood or body fluids. Examples of direct contact are touching, kissing, sexual contact, contact with oral secretions, or contact with body lesions.
What are 5 causes of disease?
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 14 serious childhood diseases?
Vaccination protects against these 14 diseases, which used to be prevalent in the United States.
- #1. Polio. Polio is a crippling and potentially deadly infectious disease that is caused by poliovirus.
- #2. Tetanus.
- #3. The Flu (Influenza)
- #4. Hepatitis B.
- #5. Hepatitis A.
- #6. Rubella.
- #7. Hib.
- #8. Measles.
What are the 20 most common diseases?
Whether real or conjured, people in the U.S. most commonly search for the following 20 health conditions, according to data analysis by STAT.
- Pneumonia.
- Fibromyalgia.
- Scabies.
- Chlamydia.
- Endometriosis.
- Strep throat.
- Diverticulitis.
- Bronchitis.
How do diseases start?
A disease can mean a variety of things. In humans it can be a physical or mental disease. A mental disease might start because of a chemical imbalance in the brain or because of a very traumatic experience. Physical disease might be brought on by something like a bacteria or virus affecting our body in some way.
Where does disease come from?
A disease is an abnormal condition affecting the body of an organism. It is often construed to be a medical condition associated with specific symptoms and signs. It may be caused by external factors, Pathogens such as infectious disease, or it may be caused by internal dysfunctions, such as autoimmune diseases.
Where do pathogens come from?
Bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites are all common types of pathogens that can cause pathogenic, or infectious, diseases. These pathogens can be found in the air, soil and water, and infection can occur as a result of touching, eating or drinking something that is infected with a germ.