NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

ISBN-13: 9786209117541 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 / 128 str.

Radhika Jeloka; Navpreet Kaur; Roopali Gupta

Opis

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are diseases that are not spread through infection or through other people, but are typically caused by unhealthy behaveours. They are the leading cause of death worldwide and present a huge threat to health and development, particularly in low and middle-income countries. These (NCDs) include cardiovascular, renal, nervous and mental diseases, musculoskeletal conditions such as arthritis and allied diseases, chronic non specific respiratory diseases (e.g., chronic bronchitis, emphysema, asthama), permanent results of accidents senility, blindness, cancer, diabetes, obesity and various other metabolic and degenerative diseases and chronic results of communicable diseases. Disorders of unknown cause and progressive course are often labeled "degenerative".