Abstract
Disease implies a dichotomy: that one’s life can be at ease, but that it can also be distant from ease. If our minds or bodies are not functioning properly, then we may have a disease. For example, if one’s skin feels unusually hot, you may have a fever. We’ve all experienced fevers because they usually occur as a general response by one’s immune system when it goes after an invasive microbe, but fever also can result from physiological problems and environmental stress. So, fever is also a symptom, an indication that something is wrong, but not an especially good indicator of exactly what is wrong (Fig. 10.1).
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Walter, D.E., Proctor, H.C. (2013). Mites That Cause and Transmit Disease. In: Mites: Ecology, Evolution & Behaviour. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7164-2_10
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