difference between degenerative disease and deficiency disease
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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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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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