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Question
Differentiate between the following pair:
Congenital and Acquired disease
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Solution
| Congenital disease | Acquired disease |
| These diseases are present riqht from birth | These diseases are generated after birth |
| Example - Sickle cell anemia, diabetes, haemophilia | Example - Influenza, cholera, cancer |
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