Draft:Outline of disease

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to disease:

A disease is a particular abnormal condition that adversely affects the structure or function of all or part of an organism and is not immediately due to any external injury. Diseases are often known to be medical conditions that are associated with specific signs and symptoms. A disease may be caused by external factors such as pathogens or by internal dysfunctions. For example, internal dysfunctions of the immune system can produce a variety of different diseases, including various forms of immunodeficiency, hypersensitivity, allergies, and autoimmune disorders.

What type of thing is disease?

Disease can be described as all of the following:

Types of disease

• Infectious disease (list)
• Deficiency disease
• Hereditary disease

By transmission

• Communicable disease
• Non-communicable disease

History of disease

History of disease