What are the names of sickness?
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What are the names of sickness?
Common Illnesses
- Allergies.
- Colds and Flu.
- Conjunctivitis (“pink eye“)
- Diarrhea.
- Headaches.
- Mononucleosis.
- Stomach Aches.
What are the 4 types of illness?
There are four main types of disease: infectious diseases, deficiency diseases, hereditary diseases (including both genetic diseases and non-genetic hereditary diseases), and physiological diseases. Diseases can also be classified in other ways, such as communicable versus non-communicable diseases.
What are the 10 most common diseases?
The following data is taken from the CDC’s 2017 report .
- Heart disease. Number of deaths per year: 635,260.
- Cancer. Number of deaths per year: 598,038.
- Accidents (unintentional injuries) Number of deaths per year: 161,374.
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases.
- Stroke.
- Alzheimer’s disease.
- Diabetes.
- Influenza and pneumonia.
What are the 6 types of diseases?
6 infectious disease types that continue to burden US
- Rima F.
- Vaccine preventable diseases.
- HAIs.
- Zoonotic and vector-borne diseases.
- Foodborne illness.
- HIV and STIs.
- Chronic hepatitis.
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What is sickness and illness?
Illness is the patient’s experience of ill health, sometimes when no disease can be found. Sickness is the role negotiated with society.
What is the illness called ague?
Ague. Ague is the term for an infectious fever marked by regular paroxysms of chills and sweating.
What are the 5 diseases?
The 5 Most Common Infectious Diseases
- Hepatitis B. According to current statistics, hepatitis B is the most common infectious disease in the world, affecting some 2 billion people — that’s more than one-quarter of the world’s population.
- Malaria.
- Hepatitis C.
- Dengue.
- Tuberculosis.
How many illnesses are there?
Jennifer Sherman, press secretary for the House Energy and Commerce Committee, pointed to an estimate published by the University of Michigan Medical School that “there are roughly 10,000 diseases afflicting humans, and most of these diseases are considered ‘rare’ or ‘orphan’ diseases.”
What is an example of illness?
1 : an unhealthy condition of the body or mind Germs can cause illness. 2 : a specific sickness or disease Colds are a common illness.