Human non infectious diseases caused by microbes:
-depression
-Asthma
-Diabetes
-anxiety
-Cardiovascular desease
-HPV
-Cancer
-Obesity
-Various other neurological disorders
-IBD
-Crohn’s Disease
-Allergies*
The big differences between the conditions listed here and those from my first post in this class:
The most important takeaway for me from this comparison (and possibly even for this entire class) is just how far reaching the effects of the human microbiota may be. When initially I had to wrack my brain searching for just three small examples of microbial effects on non infectious and chronic diseases, I was now able to spout off over a dozen in just a fraction of the time. It would seem that the human microbiome is actually much more important than most people give it credit for.
Additionally, after looking at all of the diseases I’ve listed here, the most surprising to me are still the number of different psychological diseases and conditions, things which I had believed were solely due to genetics and brain chemistry.
