Some human non-infectious diseases that are influenced by microorganisms are diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome, allergies, alzheimers, and various cancers, such as mouth cancer and cervical cancer.
Looking back to my response to Writing Exercise #1 I feel that my list has come a long way from where I once started. Before, I was unable to list a single non-infectious disease that was affected by microbes with certainty. I am now much more aware of the impact microbes can have on various non-infectious diseases and am able to create a reasonably sized list of various non-infectious diseases where microbes play an important role.
