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

Which of the following is most common in children?

  1. Meningitis TB

  2. Skeletal TB

  3. Lymph node TB

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

The most common type of TB in children is pulmonary TB. In about 70 -80% of the children affected by TB, it is pulmonary TB. The rest 20% is non-pulmonary TB. The source of infection for children getting pulmonary TB is inhalation of TB bacteria which generally settles in lungs.

Thus, the correct answer is option D.

Multiple choice zoology the respiratory system regulation of breathing human respiratory system contro and disorders of respiration

Congestion of lungs is one of the main symptoms in.

  1. Hypertension

  2. Angina

  3. Heart failure

  4. Coronary artery disease

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

Congestion of the lungs (pulmonary edema) occurs when the heart cannot pump blood effectively, causing fluid to back up into the lungs. This is a classic symptom of congestive heart failure.

Multiple choice biology diseases and hygiene anaemia mosquito and human health non communicable diseases

Allergy that occurs throughout the year is called _______allergy.

  1. Seasonal

  2. Perennial

  3. Biennial

  4. Annual
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  • Perennial allergy can be defined as a chronic allergic reaction to house dust.
  • House dust contains mould and fungal spores, fibres of the fabric, pet dander and insect particles.
  • These allergies occur throughout the year hence, they are called perennial allergy.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Perennial'.
Multiple choice biology diseases and hygiene anaemia mosquito and human health non communicable diseases

Allergies can be described as ______________________.

  1. Sneezing, itching, watery eyes, scratchy throat

  2. An overreaction from the immune system to a foreign substance

  3. The onset of a cold during spring months

  4. A reaction to the influenza virus during spring months.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Option $'B'$ is correct.


Allergies can be described as an overaction from the immune system to a foreign substance. Allergies occurs when the immune system overreacts to ordinarily formulas substances. The allergies reaction is a misguided reaction to foreign substance by the immune system. The common system is misguided is allergies. Allergies symptoms are sneezing, watery eyes, itching etc.

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 zoology health and diseases diabetes mellitus lifestyle diseases non-infectious diseases

Cancer cells are more easily damaged by radiation than normal cells because they are

  1. Undergoing rapid division

  2. Different in structure

  3. Non-dividing

  4. Starved of mutation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Radiation therapy works by damaging the DNA of rapidly dividing cells, which prevents them from replicating. Cancer cells are characterized by their rapid and uncontrolled division.

Multiple choice zoology health and diseases diabetes mellitus lifestyle diseases non-infectious diseases

The spread of cancer cells to other parts of the body is known as 

  1. Metamorphosis

  2. Metastsis

  3. Metagenesis

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

Metastasis, or metastatic disease, is the spread of a cancer disease from one organ or part to another not directly connected with it. Metastasis depends on the cancer cells acquiring two separate abilities -- increased motility and invasiveness. Cells that metastasize are basically of the same kind as those in the original tumor. If a cancer arises in the lung and metastasizes to the liver, the cancer cells in the liver are lung cancer cells. However, the cells have acquired increased motility and the ability to invade another organ.

Multiple choice zoology health and diseases diabetes mellitus lifestyle diseases non-infectious diseases

.............. is/are the characteristics of cancer cells

  1. Uncontrolled growth

  2. Invasion of local tissue

  3. Spreading to other body parts

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
Cancer cells rapidly undergo mitosis. It usually spreads through the blood or the lymph system. It is mainly caused due to the mutagens which cause a sudden heritable change in the DNA content which leads to fatal abnormalities. It can be easily damaged by the radiation. An oncogene is a gene that has the potential to cause cancer. In tumour cells, they are often mutated or expressed at high levels.
So, the correct answer is option D.
Multiple choice zoology health and diseases diabetes mellitus lifestyle diseases non-infectious diseases

Cancer cells differ from non-cancerous cells, because

  1. They have elevated levels of telomerase

  2. Theya are virtually immortal

  3. They have the ability to resist apoptosis

  4. They can maintain the telomere length as they divide
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

One of the hallmarks of human cancers is the intrinsic or acquired resistance to apoptosis. Evasion of apoptosis may contribute to carcinogenesis, tumor progression and also to treatment resistance, since most current anticancer therapies including chemotherapy, radio- and immunotherapy primarily act by activating cell death pathways including apoptosis in cancer cells.

Therefore, the correct answer is option C.