Thursday, November 12, 2009

What is a disease?

What is considered a disease and which one of these are:


Ovarian Cancer


Prostate Cancer


Cervical Polyps


Cystitis


Uterine Prolapse


Epididymitis


Testicular Torsion


Heartburn


Peptic Ulcers

What is a disease?
Check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ for definitions, or use www.dogpile.com as a good search engine.





Disease or medical condition is an abnormality of the body or mind that causes discomfort, dysfunction, distress, or death to the person afflicted or those in contact with the person.





With this definition, all of the items you listed are diseases. All of them have causes, but they are all abnormal conditions.





Lenore Hodges, PhD, RD, LD

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