illnesses

Hi,

People are dying from treatable illnesses like fever/fevers, the flu and asthma/asthmaS.

1 Is the above correct?
2.Which choice is better?

I'd say People are dying from treatable illnesses like fevers, the flu and asthma.
I tend to think of a fever as a symptom rather than an illness, but I have poor knowledge of such matters.
Clive

I felt they weren't in the same category. I wanted to see if native speakers would accept illnesses in such a case. What would be a better choice? Diseases? (Even worse to my ear) Conditions?

Hi,
Perhaps 'conditions'. We don't think of fever or the flu as a disease.

But if you name the fever, eg dengue fever, now it certainly is a disease.

Best wishes, Clive

Thanks, Clive. I'll probably create another thread to distinguish disease from conditions.