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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 classification of living beings hierarchy of classification different types of classifications introduction to classification of living organisms

In jaundice, which organ is mainly affected ?

  1. liver

  2. kidney

  3. lungs

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

Jaundice is a yellow discolouration of the skin, of whites of the eyes, indicating excess bilirubin (a bile pigment) in the blood. It is due to disease of the liver cells, such as hepatitis, when the liver is unable to utilize the bilirubin, which accumulates in the blood.

Multiple choice biology infectious diseases pathogen and their mode of transmission some infectious diseases diseases and immunity health and diseases

Symptoms of TB include

  1. Fever

  2. Weight loss

  3. Attacks

  4. Both A and B
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Early symptoms of active TB can include weight loss, fever, night sweats and loss of appetite. Symptoms may be vague, however, and go unnoticed by the affected person. For some, the disease either goes into remission (halts) or becomes chronic and more debilitating with cough, chest pain and bloody sputum (saliva). 

Multiple choice biology infectious diseases pathogen and their mode of transmission some infectious diseases diseases and immunity health and diseases

Sign and symptoms of a particular diseases are shown related to tuberculosis?

  1. Evening rise of temperature, coughing and weight loss

  2. Infection is nasal cavity, headache, pain in stomach

  3. Infection in alveoli, chills, fever and cough

  4. Intestinal infection, persistent fever
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Tuberculosis (TB) typically presents with chronic symptoms including a persistent cough, weight loss, and an evening rise in body temperature.

Multiple choice biology infectious diseases pathogen and their mode of transmission some infectious diseases diseases and immunity health and diseases

Which of the following is/are correct regarding tuberculosis?

  1. It commonly affects the lungs.

  2. Bacteria releases tuberculin toxin.

  3. Patient's sputum contains blood.

  4. All of the above.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
Tuberculosis, or TB, is an infectious bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs. It is transmitted from person to person via droplets from the throat and lungs of people with the active respiratory disease. The bacteria release toxins known as tuberculin which destroys the organs it infects. The symptoms of active TB of the lung are coughing, sometimes with sputum or blood, chest pains, weakness, weight loss, fever and night sweats. Tuberculosis is treatable with a six-month course of antibiotics.
Multiple choice biology infectious diseases pathogen and their mode of transmission some infectious diseases diseases and immunity health and diseases

Which of the following are symptoms of TB?

  1. Coughing

  2. Fever

  3. Loss of appetite

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

Although your body may harbour the bacteria that cause tuberculosis, your immune system usually can prevent you from becoming sick. Several signs and symptoms of active TB include: coughing that lasts three or more weeks, coughing up blood, chest pain, or pain with breathing or coughing, unintentional weight loss, fatigue, fever, loss of appetite etc. 

Multiple choice biology infectious diseases pathogen and their mode of transmission some infectious diseases diseases and immunity health and diseases

Tuberculosis can affect which parts of the body apart from lungs?

  1. Kidneys

  2. Spine

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Tuberculosis can also affect other parts of your body, including your kidneys, spine or brain. When TB occurs outside your lungs, signs and symptoms vary according to the organs involved. For example- tuberculosis of the spine may give you back pain and tuberculosis in your kidneys might cause blood in your urine. 

Multiple choice biology infectious diseases pathogen and their mode of transmission some infectious diseases diseases and immunity health and diseases

Which of the following is not a symptom of tuberculosis?

  1. Increase in body weight and tiredness.

  2. More than two weeks of coughing bouts.

  3. Thick yellowish green sputum produced.

  4. An X-ray shows dark spots in the lungs.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Tuberculosis is a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The symptoms are a loss of the body weight, fatigue, there is a cough for more than two weeks with mucus and blood, the color of the sputum is yellowish or green. The X-ray shows spots in the lungs due to the infection.

Thus, the correct answer is option A. 

Multiple choice biology infectious diseases pathogen and their mode of transmission some infectious diseases diseases and immunity health and diseases

Night sweat is associated with which of the following diseases?

  1. Typhoid

  2. Tuberculosis

  3. Tetanus

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Symptoms of active Tuberculosis can depend on what part of the body has been infected. The symptoms include cough lasting 3 weeks or more, pain in the chest area, a cough that brings blood or mucus, chills, fever, night sweats, loss of appetite, weight loss, and fatigue. Tuberculosis can also affect a person's brain, bones, kidneys, or spine.

Thus, the correct answer is option B.

Multiple choice biology infectious diseases pathogen and their mode of transmission some infectious diseases diseases and immunity health and diseases

Loss of body weight, persistent cough with blood and sputum of yellowish- green colour are the symptoms of

  1. Tuberculosis.

  2. Typhoid.

  3. Hepatitis-B.

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

Tuberculosis is a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculae. The symptoms include loss of body weight, cough with mucus and blood and the color of the sputum turns to yellowish or green. The disease is transmitted through the air droplets while sneezing and coughing. 

Thus, the correct answer is option A. 

Multiple choice biology infectious diseases pathogen and their mode of transmission some infectious diseases diseases and immunity health and diseases

.......... stage of TB does not show any symptoms.

  1. Pulmonary

  2. Latent

  3. Active

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Latent TB is the condition in which you have a TB infection, but the bacteria remain in your body in an inactive state and cause no symptoms. Latent TB, also called as an inactive TB or TB infection, is not contagious. It can turn into active TB, so treatment is important for the person with latent TB and to help control the spread of TB in general.

Thus, the correct answer is option B.

Multiple choice biology infectious diseases pathogen and their mode of transmission some infectious diseases diseases and immunity health and diseases

A patient suffering from cough last 20 days or longer, may have an infection of

  1. TB.

  2. HIV.

  3. Hepatitis.

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

Symptoms of active TB can depend on what part of the body has been infected. If active TB occurs in the lungs, the symptoms can include a cough lasting 3 weeks or more, pain in the chest area, breathing difficulty, weight loss, cough that brings blood or mucus, chills, fever, and fatigue. TB can also affect a person's brain, bones, kidneys, or spine.

Thus, the correct answer is option A.

Multiple choice biology infectious diseases pathogen and their mode of transmission some infectious diseases diseases and immunity health and diseases

.......... do not affect the lungs of the pateint.

  1. Pulmonary TB

  2. Extrapulmonary TB

  3. Lymph node TB

  4. Abdominal TB
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Extrapulmonary TB refers to TB that occurs in areas outside the lungs, such as the lymph nodes, bones, or abdomen, therefore it does not primarily affect the lungs.

Multiple choice biology infectious diseases pathogen and their mode of transmission some infectious diseases diseases and immunity health and diseases

Coughing up blood or mucus, chest pain, breathing difficulty, weight loss and fatigue are the symptoms of

  1. Primary stage of TB.

  2. Pulmonary TB.

  3. 6 months after TB infection.

  4. None of the above.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Symptoms of active TB can depend on what part of the body has been infected. If active TB occurs in the lungs, the symptoms can include a cough lasting 3 weeks or more, pain in the chest area, breathing difficulty, weight loss, cough that brings blood or mucus, chills, fever, and fatigue. TB can also affect a person's brain, bones, kidneys, or spine.

Thus, the correct answer is option B.