Degenerative 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, whether due to normal bodily wear or lifestyle choices such as exercise or eating habits.[1] Degenerative diseases are often contrasted with infectious diseases.
Examples of degenerative diseases
- Alzheimer's disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a.k.a., Lou Gehrig's Disease
- Osteoarthritis
- Atherosclerosis
- Cancer
- Charcot Marie Tooth Disease (CMT)[2]
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
- Diabetes
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
- Essential tremor
- Friedreich's ataxia
- Heart Disease
- Huntington's Disease
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- Keratoconus
- Keratoglobus
- Macular degeneration
- Marfan's Syndrome
- Multiple sclerosis
- Multiple system atrophy
- Muscular dystrophy
- Niemann Pick disease
- Osteoporosis
- Parkinson's Disease
- Progressive supranuclear palsy
- Prostatitis
- Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Tay-Sachs Disease
See also
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