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6 categories of disease

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