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difference between degenerative disease and deficiency disease

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Answered by lava88
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Degenerative disease is the result of a continuous process based on degenerative cell changes, affecting tissues or organs, which will increasingly deteriorate over time. But deficiency disease are caused by a lack of essential dietary elements an

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Answered by deepthysameer
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Difference between degenerative diseases and deficiency diseases are:

DEGENERATIVE DISEASES

  • They result in gradual, but progressive deterioration or destruction of specific cells, then tissues and/or organs.
  • Their exact cause is still not completely known. They may be heredity, microorganisms, toxins, etc.
  • The most common ones are neurodegenerative diseases (e.g. Alzheimer's disease), degenerative cardiovascular diseases (e.g. coronary artery disease) and cancers.

DEFICIENCY DISEASES (also nutrient/nutritional deficiency diseases )

  • These diseases occur when there is a lack of an element in the diet, usually a specific vitamin or mineral.
  • It happens when the body doesn’t absorb a particular nutrient from the blood or the food consumed doesn’t have the necessary amount of a nutrient.
  • They can lead to a variety of health problems with varying symptoms. If not treated, they can be critical and even fatal.
  • For example: Anemia (Iron), Osteoporosis (Calcium, Vit D), Scurvy (Vit C), Pellagra (Vit B3)

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