Types of Disease

What are the 4 types of diseases?

• deficiency, hereditary, pathogenic and physiological.

• hereditary, fungus, pathogenic and physiological.

• anemia, deficiency, pathogenic and physiological.

• fungus, rickets, pathogenic and physiological.

Diseases that are caused by the lack of certain essential nutrients, especially vitamins and minerals, in one’s diet over a prolonged period of time:

• hereditary

• pathogenic

• deficiency

• physiological.

Categories of hereditary diseases include:

• mitochondrial

• fungus

• single-gene

• deficient

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A ___________________ disease is a condition that is caused by the malfunction of organs in the body.

• Deficiency

• Physiological

• Hereditary

• Non-communicable

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Pathogenic diseases are caused by the presence of a microscopic organism known as a ____________________.

• pathogen

• cells

• fungus

• sickness

Examples of Pathogens:

• Virus

• Scurvy

• Bacteria

• Fungi

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Cancer is an example of a _____________________ disease.

• Deficiency

• Hereditary

• Physiological

• Pathogenic

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