5 Natural Things That Are Not Communicable Diseases But Are Infectious

Editor’s notes: Oladele Hakeem, a Naij.com content editor writes on some interesting natural things that could affect other people if someone is doing them or wants to do them.

Life is interesting. People believe that there are different explanations for what happen to human beings. Surprisingly, some individuals still do not understand why some things happen. Likewise, some things just happen without any conscious effort by man.

Communicable diseases like HIV/AIDS can be contacted if someone comes in contact with an AIDS patient. Communicable diseases are diseases that can be transmitted to other people if someone comes in contact with an infected person’s faeces, urine, saliva, sweat or blood. Also, someone can get communicable disease from animals infected or infected objects. However, some things can infect someone if others have or are doing them.

These things are not diseases, but are just naturally infectious.

1. Yawning

This is a reflex action. It happens unconsciously. It is believed that if someone is hungry or about to sleep, that’s when he starts yawning. You would be surprised that if two or more three people yawn beside or in front of you, you will also yawn in little or no time.

2. Urinating

You would be startled that if you sit down for long with a group of people and someone stands up and goes to urinate, some other people sitting down at that time would also seek permission to urinate.

3. Smiling/laughing

The great Indian leader and philosopher, Mahatma Gandhi said: “If I smile at someone the first time and he does not smile back, surely he would smile if I smile at him the second or third time.” 

Smiling and laughing are two actions that help relax stress.

4. Drinking/smoking

Although drinkers and smokers are prone to different types of cancer. If a smoker sees another person smoking and he does not have his own cigarette, he would feel like smoking and eventually ask for the cigarette. It is until he puffs out that he feels comfortable.

5. Itching of body parts

This might sound strange. It happens subconsciously. When you see a person itch his face or head or any other body parts, you would not know when you will also itch your body. This is very amazing.

 

Oladele Hakeem, a content editor with Naij.com, holds a BSc (Hons) from UNILAG, a PCWC from NIJ and an MSc in Epidemiology and Medical Statistics from UI. He writes from Ikeja, Lagos.

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