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Illness means a subjective distressing feeling of a person. Disease is a physical pathology in a person Disorder is usually used in Psychiatry where there is no physical involvement but it is a disturbance of function, structure, or both such as in depressive disorder
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∙ 12y agoI think illness can be spread or caught but diseases are normally not catchable
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What is the difference between disease disease?
Every disease is an illness but not every illness is a disease (A disease is not a virus, parasite, etc but an illness could be)
What is the difference between illness and disease?
The difference between disease and illness is that a disease is something that can consume your whole body and it is often things like cancer, ALS and many other things. An illness is short lived, often like a cold.
Difference between illness and sickness and disease?
disease is the alternation of the health of a living being. Disease is defined by a cause, the symptoms, clinical and paraclinic signs, the evolution, the prognosis and treatment.sickness include nausea, vomiting other common signs and a general feeling of discomfort and not feeling well. Illness is a state of poor health
What is the difference between vaccines and anitisera?
A vaccine protects against a future illness. An antiserum treats a current illness.
Difference between sociological and biological definitions of health and illness?
the difference b/w sociological and biological definition of health and illness the sociology of health and illness is the interaction b/w the society and health
Genetic disease evident between 30-50?
One such illness is Huntington's Disease- a disease of the central nervous system, that usually begins to shows symptoms between ages 30-50.
What is the difference between cronic illness and temporary disability?
Chronic illness is long-term illness, and temporary disability is short-term limited activity.
Is viral infection a illness or disease?
illness
What is the difference between plague and disease?
Plague is one form of infectious disease.
Is cancer a disease or illness?
No, it is not.
What is the difference between functional health and the absence of disease?
Disease is any change from a state of health; impaired body function.
What is the difference between disease and disability?
Illness is simply a poor state of health. Disease is an "abnormal condition affecting a body" Disability is an impairment of body function or structure that restricts normal functioning. None of them are as specific as most people think, and they're often interchangeable.
