Diseases

A disease, medical condition or ailment is an abnormality of the body or mind that causes discomfort, dysfunction, distress, or possibly death of the person afflicted or those in contact with the person. Sometimes the word is used broadly to include injuries, disabilities, disorders, syndromes, infections, symptoms, deviant behaviors etc.

Medicine is the study and knowledge of human diseases and their treatments. The term “illness” is often used to mean disease but can also refer to a person’s perception of their own health. A person may feel unhealthy and believe he has an illness even though he has no known diseases. Conversely, another person may feel well but may have a coronary artery disease and be pre-disposed to heart attack.

We will be compiling a knowledge base of information on various diseases for easy reference.