There are so many non-infectious human diseases that are influence by microorganisms. Diseases that come to mind right away are Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, diabetes, heart disease, most cancers, Parkinson’s disease, and asthma. I work at an adult foster home, so I take care a lot of elderly patients, and these types of diseases are among most of them that come to stay. I’m not absolutely positive that some of these are non-infectious disease influenced by microorganisms, if the question asked ” what are infectious diseases caused by microorganisms,” the list would have been longer and more positive. This exercise made me more curious about diseases in general, what causes them, and if there is a cure for it. If the disease is acute or chronic, or if starts out as acute and can progressively get worse as time goes on. The more I think about this question the more curious and interested I get about medicine and diseases that amongst humans.
