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Is pneumonia a lifestyle disease hereditary disease or infectious disease?

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It is an infectious disease. However, you are more apt to get it if you smoke or have otherwise unhealthy lungs.

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An infectious disease is a disease that?
Can be passed onto another person or living creature.
Infectious disease and non-infectious disease?
An infectious disease can be spread from one person to another and is caused by a pathogen. Some infectious diseases are lethal and they tend to be acute. Infectious diseases are defined by the way...
What is the difference between lifestyle disease and hereditary disease?
lifestyle diseases are a result of a bad lifestyle, heriditary diseases are also a result of a bad lifestyle but heredity plays a part in whether u get the disease
Difference between lifestyle disease and infectious disease?
An infections disease is a sickness you can catch (or give to) other people. The flu and chicken pox are examples of infections diseases. Lifestyle diseases are sicknesses you cannot get or give to...
How are infectious diseases different from other diseases?
infectious diseases involve a causative organism, from groups such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and such. Noninfectious diseases are not caused by a specific infectious organism.