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What do you mean by non communicable disease?

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The disease that always spread from a sick person to a healthy person.
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The disease that do not spread from a sick person to a healthy person.
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The disease that can sometimes spread from a sick person to a healthy person.
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The disease that can only spread from a sick person to a healthy person if they came in physical contact, otherwise not.
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Solution

The correct option is B The disease that do not spread from a sick person to a healthy person.
  • Non-infectious diseases are not caused by pathogens and therefore cannot be spread from infected person to another healthy person.
  • Instead, non-infectious diseases are caused by factors such as genetics, malnutrition, environment and lifestyle.
  • Examples of non-infectious diseases include cancer, Alzheimer's disease and allergies.
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So the correct answer is option B.

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