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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 zoology skeleton and movements disorders of musculoskeletal system disorders of muscle and skeleton joints and movements

Symptoms of tetanus include

  1. Muscle cramps or spasms in your legs

  2. Swollen neck

  3. Bowed legs

  4. All the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
Tetanus is caused by the bacterium Clostridium tetani (C tetani). It is a  fatal disease of the nervous system caused by nerve toxins released by the bacterium.
Symptoms of tetanus include: 
a)Tetanus often begins with mild spasms in the jaw muscles known as lockjaw. The spasms can also affect the facial muscles and experience spasms and stiffness in various muscles, especially those in jaw, abdomen, chest, back, and neck.
b)Muscle cramps or spasms in your legs.
c)Difficulty swallowing.
d)fever, high blood pressure, nervous system dysfunction, or sweating.
Hence symptoms of tetanus include Muscle cramps or spasms in your legs.
So, the correct option is 'Muscle cramps or spasms in your legs'.
Multiple choice evs - i infectious diseases and how to prevent them energy and health infectious diseases - transmission and prevention credit communicable diseases pathogen and their mode of transmission

Which of the following symptoms indicate red sickness ?

  1. Red and ulcerated skin

  2. Nausea and anaemia

  3. Nausea and loss of hair

  4. Ulcerated skin, nausea and loss of hair
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Pellagra or red sickness is a vitamin deficiency disease caused by chronic lack of Vitamin B3 in the diet. It can also be caused by the decreased intake of niacin or tryptophan. Described as three D's diarrhea, dermatitis, and dementia, this is indicated by symptoms such as dermatitis, alopecia or hair loss, edema or swelling, red skin lesions, weakness and mental confusion.

Multiple choice reproduction - the generating system reproductive health of humans need of family planning reproductive health problems cell division in embryo development division for growth and reproduction reproductive health

Which of the following is the warning sign of sexual abuse?

  1. Bleeding

  2. Pain during urination

  3. Pain in genitals

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Sexual abuse is the act in which the person is forced to participate in any type of sexual activity. There are certain signs which depict that the person has been sexually abused. There may be bleeding from the genital regions which may be associated with pain. The pain may be due to damage to the internal tissues of the genitals during sexual activity. There may be pain during urination. 

Thus, the correct answer is option D. 

Multiple choice plant diseases keeping diseases away biology

In plants, mosaic formation, leaf rolling and curling, yellowing of plant parts, vein clearing, dwarfing and stunted growth, necrosis etc. are the symptoms of

  1. bacterial diseases

  2. mycoplasmal diseases

  3. viral diseases

  4. fungal diseases.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Cucumber mosaic virus causes yellowing and mottling in Gerbera leaves. The CMV disease is described by extreme chlorotic mosaic, greening of veins on leaves, shading breaking in florets achieved with blossom disfigurements, and poor development of the sprout.

So, the correct option is 'viral diseases'.

Multiple choice zoology diseases and hygiene health introduction to health health and its maintenance

The incorrect match among the following regarding the disease and it's symptoms is:

  1. Leprosy - spasms of body muscles

  2. Cancroid - ulcer appears at the site of infection

  3. Scarlet fever - high fever, rash on the body

  4. Diptheria - difficulty in breathing
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Leprosy or Hansen's disease is characterized by symptom of light colored patches on skin.

So, the correct answer is 'Leprosy-spams of body muscles'

Multiple choice biology blood circulatory system of human blood clotting platelets and their function defence against infectious disease

One of the common symptoms observed in people infected with dengue fever is

  1. Significant decrease in RBC count

  2. Significant decrease in WBC count

  3. Significant decrease in platelets count

  4. Significant increase in platelets count
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
Dengue is a type of fever caused by the dengue virus and propagated by mosquitoes. A significant decrease in the number of platelets is observed in this disease.
Thus, the correct answer 'Significant decrease in platelets count.'
Multiple choice some infectious diseases infectious diseases health and diseases biology

Which of the following is/are symptom/s of cholera?

  1. Diarrhoea

  2. Dehydration

  3. Fever

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
Symptoms may range from none, to mild, to severe fever. The classic symptom is large amounts of watery diarrhea that lasts a few days. Vomiting and muscle cramps may also occur. Diarrhea can be so severe that it leads within hours to severs decreased skin elasticity, and wrinkling of the hands and feet. The dehydration may result in the skin turning bluish. Symptoms starts two hours to five days after exposure.

So, the correct answer is 'All of the above'.

Multiple choice some infectious diseases infectious diseases health and diseases biology

Which of the following are the symptoms of cholera?

  1. Diarrhea

  2. Nausea

  3. Dehydration

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Most people exposed to the cholera bacterium (Vibrio cholerae) do not become ill and never know they've been infected. Yet, because they shed cholera bacteria in their stool for seven to 14 days, they can still infect others through contaminated water. Most symptomatic cases of cholera cause mild or moderate diarrhea that's often hard to distinguish from diarrhea caused by other problems. Symptoms of cholera infection may include diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, dehydration. 

Multiple choice some infectious diseases infectious diseases health and diseases biology

Acute diarrhoea and dehydration are the symptoms of 

  1. Leprosy

  2. Tetanus

  3. Tuberculosis

  4. Cholera
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Cholera is caused by a bacterium called Vibrio cholerae. A person gets cholera by drinking water or eating food infected with the bacterium. Once swallowed, it settles in the lining of the small bowel and releases a toxin (poison) that can cause the body to flush liquid into the small bowel, resulting in watery diarrhoea. The main symptom is watery diarrhoea, which can be severe enough to rapidly drain the body of vital water, salts and minerals. The first watery stool appears 1 to 3 days after infection, and from then on the body can lose up to one litre of liquid an hour. 

Multiple choice biology blood circulatory system of human cardiac disorders cardiac regulation and disorders the blood system

A symptom of acute chest pain is associated with which of the following cardiovascular disorders?

  1. Hypertension

  2. Atherosclerosis

  3. Angina

  4. Heart failure
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
Atherosclerosis is a condition where the arteries become narrowed and hardened due to a buildup of plaque around the artery wall. When the arteries become narrowed and hardened it results in the decreased supply of oxygen to the heart tissue which results in acute chest pain. Thus acute chest pain is associated with the cardiovascular disorder called atherosclerosis.
So, the correct answer is 'Atherosclerosis'.