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=== Extent ===
[[File:Poison ivy rash.JPG|alt=skin rash on the leg|thumb|This rash only affects one part of the body, so it is a localized disease.]]
;Localized disease
:A [[localized disease]] is one that affects only one part of the body, such as [[athlete's foot]] or an [[eye infection]].
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=== Types of causes ===
[[File:Walking the dog 7th Brigade Park Chermside P1040698.jpg|alt=A child rides a bicycle. An adult and a child walk a dog along a path in a green park..|thumb|Regular physical activity, such as riding a bicycle or walking, reduces the risk of lifestyle diseases.]]<!-- This special list formatting is designed for definitions like these. See [[Help:List]] before changing. -->
;Airborne: An [[airborne disease]] is any disease that is caused by pathogens and transmitted through the air.
;Foodborne: [[Foodborne illness]] or food poisoning is any illness resulting from the consumption of food contaminated with pathogenic bacteria, toxins, viruses, prions or parasites.
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== Prevention ==
[[File:PM-Narendra-Modi-COVID19-Vaccine.jpg|alt=A man sits in a chair while a woman leans over to inject a vaccine into his upper arm.|thumb|Vaccines are used to prevent infectious diseases.]]
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An [[illness narrative]] is a way of organizing a medical experience into a coherent story that illustrates the sick individual's personal experience.
People use [[metaphor]]s to make sense of their experiences with disease. The metaphors move disease from an objective thing that exists to an [[affective]] experience. The most popular metaphors draw on [[military]] concepts: Disease is an enemy that must be feared, fought, battled, and routed. The patient or the healthcare provider is a [[warrior]], rather than a passive victim or bystander. The agents of communicable diseases are [[Invasion|invaders]]; non-communicable diseases constitute internal [[insurrection]] or [[civil war]]. Because the threat is urgent, perhaps a matter of life and death, unthinkably radical, even oppressive, measures are society's and the patient's moral duty as they courageously mobilize to struggle against destruction. The [[War on Cancer]] is an example of this metaphorical use of language.<ref name=Gwyn>{{cite book |author = Gwyn, Richard |editor1 = Cameron, Lynne |editor2 = Low, Graham |title = Researching and applying metaphor |publisher = Cambridge University Press |location = Cambridge, England |year = 1999 |chapter = 10 |isbn = 978-0-521-64964-3 |oclc = 40881885 }}</ref> This language is empowering to some patients, but leaves others feeling like they are failures.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title = Fighting Words Are Rarer Among British Doctors |url = http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/22/fighting-words-are-rare-among-british-doctors |author = Span, Paula |date = 22 April 2014 |newspaper = The New York Times |url-status=live |archive-url = https://archive.is/20140702025715/http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/22/fighting-words-are-rare-among-british-doctors |archive-date = 2 July 2014 |df = dmy-all }}</ref>
Another class of metaphors describes the experience of illness as a journey: The person travels to or from a place of disease, and changes himself, discovers new information, or increases his experience along the way. He may travel "on the road to recovery" or make changes to "get on the right track" or choose "pathways".<ref name=Gwyn /><ref name=":0" /> Some are explicitly immigration-themed: the patient has been exiled from the home territory of health to the land of the ill, changing identity and relationships in the process.<ref name=Diedrich>{{cite book |author = Diedrich, Lisa |title = Treatments: language, politics, and the culture of illness |url = https://archive.org/details/treatmentslangua00died |url-access = limited |publisher = University of Minnesota Press |location = Minneapolis |year = 2007 |pages = [https://archive.org/details/treatmentslangua00died/page/n32 8], 29 |isbn = 978-0-8166-4697-5 |oclc = 601862594 }}</ref> This language is more common among British healthcare professionals than the language of physical aggression.<ref name=":0" />
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