Imbalances in homeostasis are considered to be disease.
Further Explanation:
Diseases are defined as disruptions of the process of homeostasis; this is where the body maintains a constant internal balance in pH, temperature, blood pressure etc.
Whenever the body’s internal balance is hindered or disrupted, it may result in an illness or disease some may have internal causes while some like may have external courses such as pathogens or toxins invading the body.
Internal: autoimmune diseases occur when the body attacks itself. One example is type one diabetes, a genetic illness where immune cells attack insulin-producing cells within the pancreas; reducing available insulin, which is integral in cells’ sugar metabolism.
External: the pathogen (biological disease causing agent) Anthrax, leads to infections when its spores enter the body via inhalation, ingestion or wounds i the skin; then they become active, divide, and spread throughout the body where they produce toxins (lethal toxin and edema toxin), which target special cells leading to damage in the heart and liver and may result in death.
