Diseases

Communicable diseases are caused by pathogens which can be passed from one being to another.

! Communicable diseases are contagious !

Examples of some communicable diseases:

• Flu (spread by coughs and sneezes)
• HIV/AIDS (passed by exchange of body fluids)
• Malaria (mosquito bite)
• Measles
• Tuberculosis

Non-Communicable diseases include genetic, auto immune and immune deficiency diseases.

! Non-communicable diseases are not contagious !

Examples of non-communicable diseases:

• Genetics - cystic fibrosis, diabetes
• Auto-immune diseases (the body's own immune system attacks it) - arthritis, type 1 diabetes
• Immune deficiency diseases (lck of immnune system means that the person/animal is more succeptible to a range of diseases).