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Classify the following diseases as infectious and non-infectious: Mumps, haemophilia, kwashiorkor, cancer, cataract, Typhoid
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Infectious diseases:
- Mumps - The inflammation of the parotid salivary gland caused by an air-borne virus.
- Typhoid - It is a bacterial infection caused by Salmonella typhi bacteria that can lead to a high fever, diarrhoea, and vomiting.
Non-infectious diseases:
- Haemophilia - It is a genetic disorder that is associated with uncontrolled bleeding even through a small scratch.
- Kwashiorkor - It is a condition resulting from inadequate protein intake in the food.
- Cataract - It is the clouding of the lens of the eye.
- Cancer – It is a disease in which some of the body's cells divide abnormally or uncontrollably.
- Mumps - The inflammation of the parotid salivary gland caused by an air-borne virus.
- Typhoid - It is a bacterial infection caused by Salmonella typhi bacteria that can lead to a high fever, diarrhoea, and vomiting.
- Haemophilia - It is a genetic disorder that is associated with uncontrolled bleeding even through a small scratch.
- Kwashiorkor - It is a condition resulting from inadequate protein intake in the food.
- Cataract - It is the clouding of the lens of the eye.
- Cancer – It is a disease in which some of the body's cells divide abnormally or uncontrollably.
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