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Disease Symptoms and Effects

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Disease symptoms and effects involve identifying physical and clinical signs of various medical conditions, ranging from infectious diseases to psychological grief. Topics cover diverse health issues such as anthrax, norovirus, sensorineural hearing loss, and environmental illnesses. These questions are essential for medical exams and general science sections.

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Disease Symptoms and Effects Questions

Multiple choice
  1. Interstitial cystitis

  2. Inclusion body myositis

  3. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis

  4. Kawasaki disease

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Interstitial cystitis is a chronic, oftentimes severely debilitating disease of the urinary bladder. It is characterised by: pain associated with the bladder, pain associated with urination (dysuria), urinary frequency (as often as every 10 minutes), urgency, and/or pressure in the bladder and/or pelvis.

Multiple choice
  1. Polyarteritis nodosa

  2. Polymyalgia rheumatica

  3. Polymyositis

  4. Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Polymyalgia rheumatica is a syndrome with pain or stiffness, usually in the neck, shoulders, and hips. The pain can be very sudden, or can occur gradually over a period of time. It may be caused by an inflammatory condition of blood vessels, muscle biopsies, however, are normal.

Multiple choice
  1. Common cold

  2. Flu

  3. Chicken pox

  4. AIDS

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The flu, medically known as influenza, is a common infection of the respiratory tract, including the nose, throat, bronchial tubes and lungs. The flu is caused by a virus and is very contagious. The effects of the flu can vary from mild to severe to life-threatening, depending on the type of flu and individual factors, such as age, general health status, and coexisting conditions, such as renal failure.

Multiple choice
  1. Ocular herpes

  2. Dengue fever

  3. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

  4. Yellow fever

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Dengue fever also known as breakbone fever, is an infectious tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic morbilliform skin rash.

Multiple choice
  1. Kyasanur forest disease (KFD)

  2. Rubella

  3. Kuru

  4. Lassa fever

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Rubella, commonly known as German measles, is a disease caused by the rubella virus. The name rubella is derived from the Latin, meaning little red. Rubella is also known as German measles because the disease was first described by German physicians in the mid-eighteenth century.

Multiple choice
  1. Fever, sore throat and high pulse rate

  2. Deficiency of immune system, fever and loss of weight

  3. Hydrophobia, fever and headache

  4. Headache, paralysis and fever

  5. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The rabies virus (rhadovirus) severely affects the central nervous system of humans, and causes neurological disorders like hydrophobia, fever, headache, anxiety, etc.

Multiple choice
  1. heart attack

  2. angina pain

  3. asthma

  4. nasal congestion

  5. low blood pressure

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This answer is correct. Angina is caused by reduced blood flow to the heart muscle. The blood carries oxygen which is needed by the heart muscle in order to survive.

Multiple choice
  1. pain

  2. redness of skin

  3. swelling

  4. all the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Arthritis is joint inflammation that typically manifests with multiple symptoms simultaneously: pain (the most common complaint), redness due to increased blood flow, and swelling from fluid accumulation in the joint space. The inflammatory nature of arthritis means it affects the entire joint structure, not just one aspect like pain alone or swelling alone.

Multiple choice
  1. Liver

  2. Kidney

  3. Heart

  4. Eye

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver, usually caused by viral infections (Hepatitis A, B, C, etc.) or other factors like alcohol or toxins. The liver is the primary organ affected by hepatitis. Kidneys filter blood (affected by nephritis), heart is affected by cardiac conditions, and eyes are not related to hepatitis.

Multiple choice
  1. An infected mother can pass syphilis to her developing fetus.

  2. The first sign of syphilis usually appears 2 to 4 weeks following exposure.

  3. A rash frequently appears about 6 weeks to 3 months after the chancre has healed.

  4. The late syphilis, begins 3 or more years after infection.

  5. The bacteria remain inactive in the lymph nodes and the spleen.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The first sign of syphilis usually appears 2 to 10 weeks following exposure. A red, oval sore, called a chancre (pronounced shanker) develops at the site where the bacteria entered the body. The lesion typically looks clean, is not pus filled, and is often painless.

Multiple choice
  1. Sympathetic ophthalmia

  2. Takayasu's arteritis

  3. Giant-cell arteritis

  4. Tolosa-Hunt syndrome

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Tolosa-Hunt syndrome (THS) is a rare disorder characterized by severe and unilateral headaches with extraocular palsies, usually involving the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth cranial nerves, and pain around the sides and back of the eye, along with weakness and paralysis (ophthalmoplegia) of certain eye muscles.

Multiple choice
  1. Psoriasis

  2. Psoriatic arthritis

  3. Pyoderma gangrenosum

  4. Pure red cell aplasia

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Pyoderma gangrenosum is a disease that causes tissue to become necrotic, causing deep ulcers that usually occur on the legs. When they occur, they can lead to chronic wounds. Ulcers usually initially look like small bug bites or papules, and they progress to larger ulcers. Though the wounds rarely lead to death, they can cause pain and scarring.