Communicable and Non-Communicable Disease

Cards (9)

  • Communicable diseases
    Diseases that can be spread from person to person
  • Non-communicable diseases
    Diseases that cannot be passed from person to person
  • Diseases can be a major cause of ill health
  • Health
    The state of physical and mental well-being
  • Ill health can be caused by communicable and non-communicable diseases, poor diet, high levels of stress, and other life situations
  • People with a defective immune system
    Are much more likely to suffer from infectious diseases
  • Infection with HPV
    Can cause cervical cancer
  • Infection with a pathogen
    Can trigger an allergy
  • Physical illness (arthritis)

    Can lead to mental illness (depression)