6 categories of disease

deficiency-disease resulting from a lack of vitamins/ minerals in the diet or failure to absorb them from food
1. scurvey
2. rickets
infectious- easily or readily spread an infection from one person to another
1. influenza (flu)
2. tuberculosis (TB)
degenerative- gradual deterioration of organs and cells with loss of function over time
1. coronary heart disease (CHD/CAD)
2. osteoarthiristus
inherited- to receive a characteristic from ones parents through genetic transmission
1. cystic fibrosis
2. red green colour blindness
mental- disease that can affect the intellectual and emotional well-being of someone
1. depression
2. bi-polar
social/lifestyle- disease caused by lifestyle or the environment around you
1. smoking related diseases (lung cancer)
2. chlamydia

Resource summary

	Created by s010601 almost 10 years ago