How is the pathophysioogy of a disease different than the cause of a disease?

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Pathophysiology is how the disease develops once the patient has it, e.g. the damage that bacteria does to the body.

Cause is how the patient got the disease. E.g. how did bacteria got into the body: unwashed hands, inhaling somebody’s sneeze, etc.