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Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYHuman Health and Diseases4 Marks
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Distinguish between : Communicable and non-communicable diseases.
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Communicable diseases Non-communicable diseases
1. Diseases transmitted from infected person to healthy person are called communicable or infectious diseases.1. Diseases that are not passed from one person to other are non-communicable or non-infectious diseases.
2. Communicable diseases spread through pathogens.2. Non-communicable diseases do not spread through pathogens.
3. Communicable diseases are not inherited from parental generation to offspring.3. Non-communicable diseases like cancer can be from parental generation to offspring.
4. Vectors play the major role in spreading disease from one person to another.4. Caused due to allergy, illness, malnutrition or abnormalities in cell proliferation, changes in lifestyle, environment play a significant role.
5. Treated by conventional methods using antibiotics and other drugs.5. Treated conservatively for a long time or surgically.
6. Diseases are acute which develop suddenly due to infections. E.g. Pneumonia, Tuberculosis, AIDS, Typhoid, Cholera, Malaria.6. Diseases are chronic which develop and persist for a long time.
E.g. Cancer, Rickets, Allergies, Kwashiorkor, Diabetes, Heart disease, etc.

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