What Are The 7 Killer Diseases?

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  1. Heart disease. Share on Pinterest Many of the top 10 causes of death are preventable through lifestyle changes and regular checkups. …
  2. Cancer. Deaths in 2017: 599,108. …
  3. Unintentional injuries. …
  4. Chronic lower respiratory disease. …
  5. Stroke and cerebrovascular diseases. …
  6. Alzheimer’s disease. …
  7. Diabetes. …
  8. Influenza and pneumonia.

Which disease has no cure?


cancer

.

dementia

, including Alzheimer’s disease. advanced lung, heart, kidney and liver disease. stroke and other neurological diseases, including motor neurone disease and multiple sclerosis.

What are the top 5 killer diseases?

In 2018, the five deadliest illnesses in the U.S. were

heart disease, cancer, lung disease, cerebrovascular disease, and Alzheimer’s disease

. The other leading causes of death due to disease were diabetes, influenza and pneumonia, and kidney disease.

What are the 7 diseases?

  • Pneumonic/Bubonic Plague. …
  • Spanish and Swine Flu — H1N1. …
  • Polio. …
  • Chagas Disease. …
  • Leprosy. …
  • Hookworm. …
  • Tuberculosis.

What are the 10 most common diseases?

  1. Heart disease. Share on Pinterest Many of the top 10 causes of death are preventable through lifestyle changes and regular checkups. …
  2. Cancer. Deaths in 2017: 599,108. …
  3. Unintentional injuries. …
  4. Chronic lower respiratory disease. …
  5. Stroke and cerebrovascular diseases. …
  6. Alzheimer’s disease. …
  7. Diabetes. …
  8. Influenza and pneumonia.

What’s the worst lung disease?

According to the American Lung Association,

COPD

is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. Dr. Meyer identifies COPD as one of the most serious and dangerous respiratory illnesses, and COPD is the number one problem seen in most pulmonology offices. “It’s a very serious disease.

What is the most common disease?

According to current statistics,

hepatitis B

is the most common infectious disease in the world, affecting some 2 billion people — that’s more than one-quarter of the world’s population.

What is the scariest disease?

  • Ebola. What is Ebola? …
  • Kuru disease. …
  • Naegleria fowleri. …
  • Guinea worm disease. …
  • African trypanosomiasis. …
  • River blindness. …
  • Buruli ulcers.

What disease can cure?

  • HIV/AIDS. The Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV, was only discovered mere decades ago. …
  • Alzheimer’s Disease. Alzheimer’s affects nearly 5.7 million Americans who struggle with varying stages of dementia. …
  • Cancer. …
  • Cystic Fibrosis. …
  • Heart Disease.

Can Ebola be cured?


There’s no cure for Ebola

, though researchers are working on it. There are two drug treatments which have been approved for treating Ebola. Inmazeb is a mixture of three monoclonal antibodies (atoltivimab, maftivimab, and odesivimab-ebgn).

What is the rarest disease?

According to the Journal of Molecular Medicine,

Ribose-5 phosphate isomerase deficiency, or RPI Deficinecy

, is the rarest disease in the world with MRI and DNA analysis providing only one case in history.

What animal kills the most humans?

Source: CNET Animal Humans killed per year 1

Mosquitoes

1,000,000
2 Humans (homicides only) 475,000 3 Snakes 50,000

What are the top 5 preventable deaths?

The estimated average number of potentially preventable deaths for the five leading causes of death in persons aged <80 years were

91,757 for diseases of the heart

, 84,443 for cancer, 28,831 for chronic lower respiratory diseases, 16,973 for cerebrovascular diseases (stroke), and 36,836 for unintentional injuries ( …

What are the six diseases?

Number Other names for the disease Etiology(ies) Fifth disease Erythema infectiosum Erythrovirus (Parvovirus) B19 Sixth disease Exanthem subitum, Roseola infantum, “Sudden Rash”, rose rash of infants, 3-day fever Human Herpes Virus 6B or Human Herpes Virus 7

Is Black Death leprosy?


Leprosy is the older disease

and has been reported since Biblical times. The first reported epidemic of plague occurred somewhat later, in the 6th or 7th century. Bubonic plague, or the Black Death, was the scourge of the Middle Ages. Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria Yesinia pestis.

What is the most infectious disease in history?

The most famous and lethal outbreak was

the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic

, which lasted from 1918 to 1919 and killed between 50 to 100 million people. The disease likely influenced the course of World War I by sickening and killing soldiers.

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