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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

In trigeminal neuralgia, the main symptom that patients often complain about is

  1. pain

  2. dysuria

  3. vomiting

  4. pollakiuria

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

In trigeminal neuralgia, pain is the main symptom that patients often complain. Trigeminal neuralgia is a nerve disorder that causes a stabbing or electric-shock-like pain in parts of the face. The main symptoms are very painful, sharp electric-like spasms that usually last a few seconds or minutes.

Multiple choice

How many types of Cancer is there? Cancer is a class of diseases characterized by out-of-control cell growth. There are over 100 different types of cancer, and each is classified by the type of cell that is initially affected. Cancer harms the body when damaged cells divide uncontrollably to form lumps or masses of tissue called tumors (except in the case of leukemia where cancer prohibits normal blood function by abnormal cell division in the blood stream). Tumors can grow and interfere with the digestive, nervous, and circulatory systems, and they can release hormones that alter body function. Tumors that stay in one spot and demonstrate limited growth are generally considered to be benign. When a tumor successfully spreads to other parts of the body and grows, invading and destroying other healthy tissues, it is said to have metastasized. This process itself is called metastasis, and the result is a serious condition that is very difficult to treat. In 2007, cancer claimed the lives of about 7.6 million people in the world. Physicians and researchers who specialize in the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer are called oncologists. Scientists from the Physical Sciences-Oncology Centers, USA, reported in the journal Scientific Reports that malignant cells are much �nimbler� than non-malignant ones because they can pass more easily through smaller gaps, as well as applying a much greater force on their environment compared to other cells. Professor Robert Austin and team created a new catalogue of the physical and chemical features of cancerous cells with over 100 scientists from 20 different centers across the United States. The authors believe their catalogue will help oncologists detect cancerous cells in patients early on, thus preventing the spread of the disease to other parts of the body.

  1. A. Between 90-100

  2. B. Between 100-125

  3. C. More than 100

  4. D. All of the above

  5. -
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

There are over 100 different types of cancer

Multiple choice

Study the following symptoms carefully -

  1. The lining of the large intestine of patient is disrupted.
  2. Patient suffers from diarrhea with gripping pain.
  3. The discharged stool contains mucus and blood.

With which of the following diseases and their causative agents can these symptoms be associated?

  1. Taeniasis and Taenia solium

  2. Dysentery and Haemophilis pertusis

  3. Amoebiasis and Entamoeba histolytica

  4. Dysentery and Salmonella typhi

  5. Cholera and Vibrio cholerae
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

As the symptoms indicate the patient is suffering from Amoebiasis, which is caused due to attack of protozoa; Entamoeba histolytica.

Multiple choice

Tinnitus is a condition where you

  1. Constantly hear noises (e.g. buzzing) that aren't there

  2. Have pain in a limb that you lost (phantom limb syndrome)

  3. Lose the ability to interpret social cues

  4. See colors
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Tinnitus is the perception of noise or ringing in the ears. It is not a disease itself, but a symptom of an underlying condition such as age-related hearing loss or ear injury.

Multiple choice

Which of the following are examples of a subjective symptom?

  1. burning & redness

  2. itching & swelling

  3. itching & burning

  4. burning & vesicles
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Subjective symptoms are those experienced by the patient that cannot be seen or measured by the practitioner, such as itching or burning. Objective signs are visible, such as redness, swelling, or vesicles.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is a symptom of asteatosis?

  1. oily skin

  2. dry skin

  3. moist skin

  4. darkening of the skin
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Asteatosis is a condition characterized by abnormally dry skin, often caused by a deficiency in sebum production. It is distinct from conditions involving oily or inflamed skin.

Multiple choice

What is a sign of overtreatment?

  1. honey colored crusts

  2. erythema

  3. scabbing

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

Scabbing is a common sign of overtreatment in electrolysis, indicating that the skin has been damaged by excessive energy or improper technique.

Multiple choice zoology option a: neurobiology and behaviour structure and function of ear perception of stimuli neural control and coordination

A person going upto 10,000 feet height in a hot air balloon may develop severe pain in the ear due to

  1. Blocked eustachian tube

  2. Rupture of fenestra rotunda

  3. Endolymph getting into semicircular canals

  4. Fear of great height
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Rapid changes in atmospheric pressure can cause the eardrum to bulge or rupture if the pressure is not equalized, often affecting the fenestra rotunda.