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• A congenital disease period of occurance is during or just after  birth while aquired disease occur after birth or for the rest of your life
• Congenital disease can be inherited by genes or caused by environmental or external factors  aquired disease is caused only by environmental or external factors .
• Congenital disease are causes by genes  or chromosomes mutation while aquired disease can be caused by degeneration of tissues, pathogens , cancer growth , hormones etc.

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Congenital Diseases - Diseases that occur since birth

Acquired Diseases - Diseases that occur after birth and are subdivided into two categories -

a. Communicable diseases - Easily transmitted from person to person, also called infectious diseases. Eg. AIDS, Typhoid

b. Non communicable diseases - Cannot be transmitted from person to person, also called non infectious diseases. Eg. Cancer