Distinguish between infectious and non infectious diseases by using examples?

Infectious means contagious and is usually VIRAL. Other people can catch and pass it on by being around but not necessarily touching the infected person. EG: Cold virus, Travels in the air.

Non-Infectious means only you contract it and is usually BACTERIAL. EG: Food poisoning, You have the bacteria in your system and bodily fluids but nobody will catch it from you.

flu and cold are transmitted by viruses and bacteria.
dementia, depression are related to brain fucntioning and cannot be based from person to person.
Multiple Sclerosis cannot be passed from one person to another, its genetice.
Dibetes is not infectious.

Tags

　　Insect Repellents 　　Insect Bites 　　Inhalants 　　Influenza 　　Inflammatory Bowel Disease 　　Infertility 　　Infectious Diseases 　　Infections Viral 　　Infections Fungal 　　Infections Bladder 　　Infections Bacterial 　　Infection Control 　　Indigestion

Related information

Infectious diseases through contaminated water or food.?

Diarrhea, dysentery, cholera, typhoid, hepatitis A and E, poliomyelitis, botulism, food poisoning (staph.), intestinal helminthiasis (worms).

...

Infectious diseases through public toilets?

The odds of catching a disease from a toilet is extremely slim. Unless you have any cuts around the waist line that could become infected from germs on the toilets.

...

What types of infectious diseases do antibiotics cure?

depends on the antibiotic and the infectious disease

...

Can cats carry infectious diseases to the owners?

I have always owned cats (right now I have 4) and I have never had any health problems. This is what the experts say: Some cat-related diseases that make people sick are common, such as cat s...

Nurse Practitioner of Infectious Diseases?

Run a search for "Master's degree for Infectious Disease Nurse Practitioner". Here's one at the Univ. of Wasington School of Nursing for an ID-ANP (that's infectious dis...

Which are fatal infectious diseases in the UK?

Mad cow disease, hep c, aids, the dread lurgy.

...

Could you get infectious diseases from barber?

Anything is possible of course, not probable though. He did follow a sterilization course so, I wouldn't think you'd get anything while he was rough he didn't break the skin. Next ti...

Top ten controllable infectious diseases?

...