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Disorder

This term comes from Latin, from the sum of two words: Trans which means “to the other side” and torn are which means “turn or turn”. A disorder is a description of symptoms, behaviors, and actions of a person and that may be associated with pathologies and disorders. It can be especially related to mental pathologies, cognitive or developmental disorders.

It has many uses, but in most cases, it refers to a mildly altered state of health. It is the action and effect of upsetting or reversing the order or regular behavior of something.

Disease

The term comes from the Latin infirmities and means “lack of firmness” According to the WHO a disease is the alteration of the physiological state in one or more parts of the body caused by known causes and manifested by characteristic symptoms and whose evolution is to a greater or lesser extent, foreseeable.

The disease is also understood to be the loss of health and whose negative effect is the structural or functional alteration of an organ or system at any level.

The concept of disease is only an approximation that guides the type of health problem, facilitating its understanding.

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Differences between Disorder and Disease

• The disease is the loss of health, of bodily and mental well-being. It is considered the alteration of the normal state of the health of an individual. The disease is an abnormal disorder of the body or mind that causes a disturbance of normal function.
• A disease must have a known cause, a diagnosis, a prognosis, and a treatment.
• A disorder is descriptive, it describes the symptoms and altered behaviors of an individual. For example, you may have a vision disorder and its cause may be a disease.