Is type 2 diabetes infectious?

New research finds a mechanism in type 2 diabetes that is similar to a group of transmissible neurodegenerative disorders called prion disorders. read more

diabetes, non-infectious, with a genetic component. cancer, non-infectious, sometimes with genetic component, sometimes not, there are many different kinds of cancer. cerebral palsy is genetic, non-infectious asthma non-infectious, varied theories on whether or not it is congenital hypertension, not infectious, not congenital. read more

Diabetes is not infectious because it is a metabolic disorder in the body, one that is not spread by pathogens. Type 2 diabetes is common mostly in people above the age of 40 when not enough insulin is produced by the pancreas. This condition is not infectious by means of any sort of contact. Hope this helped. read more