Multiple choice

_________ diseases generally cause prolonged poor health.

  1. Acute

  2. Chronic

  3. Infectious

  4. Non-infectious
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B Correct answer
Explanation

(a) Acute diseases: These diseases are severe, but short-spanned and get less time to cause prolonged poor health. (b) Chronic diseases: These diseases last for longer periods of time and take sufficient time to affect different parts of the body and lead to a poor health, which recovers after a long time. (c) Infectious diseases: These diseases spread from a diseased person to a healthy person due to the transmission of disease-causing organisms (for example, common cold). (d) Non-infectious diseases: These diseases do not spread from one person to another. For example, heart ailment, cancer, etc. They are not caused by infectious agents. The causative agents of these diseases are internal factors. 

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