Infectious and Non Infectious Diseases

Name two risk factors you can control and two risk factors you cannot control.

Controllable: what you eat, how much you exercise, if you smoke, if you drink Uncontrollable: age, gender, race and family history

What is a pathogen?

A pathogen is a microorganism that enters the body and causes an infectious disease.

What is a risk factor?

A risk factor is something that makes a person more likely to get a disease.

What is the difference between an infectious disease and a noninfectious disease? What are the causes of each?

An infectious disease can be spread and is caused by a pathogen. A noninfectious disease cannot be spread and is caused different factors.

Some of the more common Non Infectious diseases

High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Mental Illness and Cancer

Some of the more common Infectious diseases

Strep Throat, The Flu, Corona Virus, and The Common Cold

List four common pathogens.

bacteria, viruses, protozoans, and fungi

What three types of risk factors cause noninfectious disease?

behavioral, environmental, hereditary*