Illness is usually defined as absence of good health in a person. There are many causes of illness; social, physiological or mental. Illness can also be inborn that is a child is sometimes born with illness or a disease so this is genetic and is transferred from the parents to their child.
People with weak immune system are more likely to get ill or sick. Poor people who don’t have enough food to get adequate nutrition, live in unhygienic conditions are at a greater risk of getting infected. Another factor that contributes to the ill health is the lack of proper medical facilities because of scarcity of money among the poor.
Illness is not always physical, there is mental health illness also that includes depression, schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder, or panic disorder. Once a person gets ill or sick, he is deprived of the happiness and the joys of the world that he wants he is healthy.
Here is a list of more than 50 words which are some way or another related to sickness or Illness.
50+ Words to Describe Your Sickness and Illness
| Heartburn | Allergies | Headache | Stomach ache | Fever |
| Ailment | Infection | Affliction | Sinus | Dizziness |
| Diarrhea | Cough | Cold | Twisted ankle | Cramp |
| Sore throat | Nausea | Runny nose | Malady | Disorder |
| Disability | Convalescence | Seizure | Poor health | Infirmity |
| Anxiety | unwell | Dyspeptic | Scrofulous | Unfit |
| Liverish | Dysthymia | Epidemic | Pandemic | Immune system |
| Panic disorder | Compulsive disorder | Schizophrenia | Adequate | Unhygienic |
| Inborn | Social illness | Physiological illness | Mental illness | Depression |
| Breakdown | Collapse | Ill health | Injury | Sickliness |
Illness in any form is not desirable and every person has the right to live a healthy and happy life, which is free from illness of any type. A positive attitude, adopting a healthy lifestyle, having concern for hygiene and safety and right amount and type of diet can go a long way in keeping illness away.
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