What are acquired disease?
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(1) Diseases which are developed after the birth of an individual are called acquired diseases.
(2) These are of two types, viz. (a) Communicable or infectious diseases and (b) Non-comnunicable or Non-infectious diseases.
(3) Communicable or infectious diseases are transmitted from infected person to another healthy person either directly or indirectly They are caused due to pathogens like viruses, bacteria, fungi. helminth worms, etc.
(4) Non-communicable or Non-infecitous diseases cannot be transmitted from infected person to another healthy one either directly or indirectly.
Acquired diseases are a primary disease that begins after birth at some point during one's lifetime. It may also be a congenital disease that is acquired from the mother during birth.