Degenerative disease
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 (AD)[2][3]
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis[4] (ALS), a.k.a., Lou Gehrig's Disease
- Atherosclerosis[5][3]
- Cancer
- Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease (CMT)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
- Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
- Diabetes (type II)
- Ehlers–Danlos syndrome
- Essential tremor
- Friedreich's ataxia
- Heart disease
- Huntington's disease
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
- Keratoconus (KC)
- Keratoglobus
- Macular degeneration (AMD)
- Marfan's syndrome
- Multiple sclerosis
- Multiple system atrophy
- Muscular dystrophy (MD)
- Niemann–Pick disease
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Parkinson's disease
- Progressive supranuclear palsy
- Prostatitis
- Retinitis pigmentosa (RP)
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Tay–Sachs disease
See also
References
- ↑ "Degenerative Nerve Diseases". MedlinePlus.
- ↑ Reitz, Christiane; Mayeux, Richard (2014-04-15). "Alzheimer disease: Epidemiology, Diagnostic Criteria, Risk Factors and Biomarkers". Biochemical pharmacology. 88 (4): 640–651. doi:10.1016/j.bcp.2013.12.024. ISSN 0006-2952. PMC 3992261
. PMID 24398425. - 1 2 Shah, Priyank; Bajaj, Sharad; Virk, Hartaj; Bikkina, Mahesh; Shamoon, Fayez (2015-01-01). "Rapid Progression of Coronary Atherosclerosis: A Review". Thrombosis. 2015. doi:10.1155/2015/634983. ISSN 2090-1488. PMC 4707354. PMID 26823982.
- ↑ Zarei, Sara; Carr, Karen; Reiley, Luz; Diaz, Kelvin; Guerra, Orleiquis; Altamirano, Pablo Fernandez; Pagani, Wilfredo; Lodin, Daud; Orozco, Gloria (2015-11-16). "A comprehensive review of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis". Surgical Neurology International. 6. doi:10.4103/2152-7806.169561. ISSN 2229-5097. PMC 4653353. PMID 26629397.
- ↑ Conti, Pio; Shaik-Dasthagirisaeb, Yazdami (2015-01-01). "Atherosclerosis: a chronic inflammatory disease mediated by mast cells". Central-European Journal of Immunology. 40 (3): 380–386. doi:10.5114/ceji.2015.54603. ISSN 1426-3912. PMC 4655391. PMID 26648785.
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