Question

SHORT ANSWER TYPE
Name any four non-infectious diseases and their causes

Answer 1

1. Diabetes is a disease which occurs due to the loss of insulin production from the pancreas

2. Sickle-cell anemia is a genetic disease which occurs due to a mutation in the gene carrying hemoglobin

3. Hypothyroidism is caused due to loss of thyroid hormone production from the thyroid gland

4. Atherosclerosis is a cardiovascular disease caused due to fat deposition in arteries