Conditions and Diseases

Conditional may refer to:

    * Causal conditional, if X then Y, where X is a cause of Y
    * Conditional mood, a verb form in many languages
    * Conditional probability, the probability of an event A given that another event B has occurred
    * Conditional sentence, discuss hypothetical situations and their consequences
    * Indicative conditional, "If A then B" in ordinary English
          o Counterfactual conditional, or subjunctive conditional, indicates what would be the case if its antecedent were true
    * Material conditional, in propositional calculus, or logical calculus in mathematics
    * Strict conditional, in logic
    * Relevance conditional, in relevance logic

A disease is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions. In human beings, "disease" is often used more broadly to refer to any condition that causes discomfort, dysfunction, distress, social problems, and/or death to the person afflicted, or similar problems for those in contact with the person. In this broader sense, it sometimes includes injuries, disabilities, disorders, syndromes, infections, isolated symptoms, deviant behaviors, and atypical variations of structure and function, while in other contexts and for other purposes these may be considered distinguishable categories. This article primarily describes human diseases, one of man's greatest enemies.

While many diseases are biological processes with observable alterations of organ function or structure, others primarily involve alterations of behavior.

Classifying a condition as a disease is a social act of valuation, and may change the social status of the person with the condition (the patient). Some conditions (known as culture-bound syndromes) are only recognized as diseases within a particular culture. Sometimes the categorizaton of a condition as a disease is controversial within the culture.