Noninfectious Disease
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Example:
Imagine dealing with a cluttered closet that seems to overflow with clothes and items, making it hard to find what you need. Just like how a cluttered closet is a personal issue that doesn't affect your neighbor's closet, noninfectious diseases like asthma and diabetes are conditions that affect an individual but aren't spread from person to person. In this analogy, the overflowing closet represents the internal imbalance or dysfunction in your body that leads to these diseases, while the fact that it doesn't affect your neighbor's closet illustrates how these diseases are not transmitted between individuals.
Practice Version
Noninfectious Disease: A disease that is not spread from one person to another, like asthma and diabetes, is called a noninfectious disease. Noninfectious diseases are medical conditions that are not caused by infectious agents and cannot be passed from person to person.