Noninfectious diseases that come to mind include, asthma, food poisoning, other gastrointestinal diseases such as GERD, also nosocomial infections can cause diseases and damage to the liver and other parts of the gut. Other things that come to mind include skin diseases such as eczema. Cancers are also possible from carcinogenic bacteria’s. Before taking this course I had only though of general diseases and conditions like asthma and food poisoning, but now I understand that microbes do a lot more than I thought to our bodies. The most important topic I will take away is definitely gut microbial health, I was already intrigued when Dr. Massoni talked about overcoming lactose intolerance, and even more intrigued when I did my research for my journal club. I will keep in mind the importance of maintaining my gut microbial community as well as how to do it effectively.
