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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 general knowledge sports

What causes "allergic salute?"

  1. Persistant upward rubbing of the nose that causes a crease.

  2. An allergic reaction that causes the hands to swell

  3. A & B

  4. None of the Above.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The 'allergic salute' is a characteristic physical finding in allergic rhinitis where children chronically rub their nose upward with the palm to relieve itching, causing a transverse nasal crease. This is a well-documented clinical sign, not related to hand swelling (which would suggest angioedema) or being both a nasal crease and hand swelling simultaneously.

Multiple choice general knowledge

Which of these symptoms indicates a cold rather than an allergy?

  1. Mucus with yellowish nasal discharge

  2. Sneezing more than twice in a row

  3. Lack of Fever

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

Viral upper respiratory infections (colds) typically produce colored (yellowish/greenish) nasal discharge as the immune response progresses, while allergic rhinitis usually produces clear, watery mucus. The other options are incorrect: allergies often cause repetitive sneezing; neither colds nor allergies typically cause fever in adults; and anaphylactic shock is a severe allergic reaction, not a cold symptom.

Multiple choice general knowledge

An allergic reaction can produce urticaria. A common term for urticaria is:

  1. Atopic dermatitis

  2. Eczema

  3. Folliculitis

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

Urticaria is the medical term for hives - itchy, raised welts on the skin that result from allergic reactions or other triggers. Options A and B refer to other skin conditions (atopic dermatitis and eczema are related but different), while folliculitis is a hair follicle infection.

Multiple choice general knowledge history

The accumulation of what gas in the bloodstream produces the symptoms of bends, a disease caused by rapid decrease of the atmospheric pressure?

  1. Carbon Dioxide

  2. Carbon Monoxide

  3. Oxygen

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

Bends (decompression sickness) occurs when nitrogen gas dissolved in blood forms bubbles due to rapid pressure decrease. During deep diving, nitrogen accumulates in tissues under high pressure. If ascent is too fast, dissolved nitrogen cannot be eliminated gradually and forms bubbles in bloodstream, causing pain and tissue damage.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Sudden change in pressure of which gas in blood causes cramp in deep sea diver coming up abruptly (bends/ decompression sickness/ Caisson disease)?

  1. Nitrogen

  2. Fluorine

  3. Chlorine

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

When deep sea divers ascend too quickly, dissolved nitrogen gas in blood forms bubbles due to sudden pressure decrease (Henry's Law). These bubbles cause decompression sickness ('the bends'), blocking blood flow and damaging tissues. Nitrogen is the primary gas dissolved at depth.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Sudden change in pressure of which gas in blood causes cramp in deep sea diver coming up abruptly (bends/ decompression sickness/ Caisson disease)?

  1. Nitrogen

  2. Fluorine

  3. Chlorine

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

Nitrogen dissolved in blood at high pressure forms bubbles when pressure decreases rapidly during ascent, causing decompression sickness (the bends). At deep-sea pressures, more nitrogen dissolves in blood; sudden release allows it to form gas bubbles in tissues and bloodstream.

Multiple choice general knowledge

Which of the following breast changes could be a symptom of breast cancer?

  1. Lump in the breast

  2. Lump under the armpit

  3. Change in shape of breast

  4. Pain in breast region

  5. Inversion, pulling in of the nipple

  6. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
F Correct answer
Explanation

All listed changes - breast lump, lump in armpit (lymph nodes), shape change, pain, and nipple inversion - are potential warning signs of breast cancer. Breast cancer can present with any or multiple of these symptoms, which is why comprehensive screening is important.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

An epidemic of infectious diseases which is passed on through population across a large region3 or worldwide is called

  1. Pandemic

  2. Endemic

  3. Global

  4. Non-infectious
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A pandemic is defined as an epidemic of an infectious disease that spreads across a large region, such as multiple continents, or worldwide, affecting a substantial number of people. Endemic refers to a disease habitually present in a specific area, making pandemic the correct term for global spread.

Multiple choice general knowledge

Which of the following may be a symptom of a virus?

  1. Computer applications begin running more slowly than usual.

  2. Keys on the keyboard begin to stick or not work as well

  3. Computer cords become loose or disconnected

  4. The computer becomes louder at start-up
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A virus can slow down computer applications by consuming system resources like CPU and memory in the background. The other options describe physical hardware issues - sticky keys indicate a physical keyboard problem, loose cords are connection issues, and louder startup suggests a hardware fan problem, none of which are virus-related.

Multiple choice general knowledge culture

And now it's over to diseases, where we come across another long word (45 letters to be precise)- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (sometimes spelt "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoKoniosis"; with a 'K')! Apparently, this disease occurs especially in miners (people working in mines; not 'minOrs', which means 'children'). What part of the body does this disease affect?

  1. liver

  2. heart

  3. lungs

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

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica dust, typically found in mines or near volcanoes. The word can be broken down: pneumono (lung), ultra (very), micro (small), scopic (visible), silico (silica), volcano (volcanic), coniosis (dust disease). It's a type of silicosis most common among miners.

Multiple choice general knowledge

The signs and symptoms of a casualty suffering from Heat Stroke are:

  1. A low temperature, full bounding pulse, thirsty

  2. High temperature, full and bounding pulse, may be delirious, thirsty

  3. Rapid and weak pulse, hot dry skin, thirsty, cramps

  4. Rapid and weak pulse, cold clammy skin, thirsty, may delirious
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Heat stroke is characterized by dangerously high body temperature (often above 40°C), a strong full and bounding pulse due to increased cardiac output, potential delirium from brain hyperthermia, and extreme thirst. Option A describes heat exhaustion (low temp). Option C describes heat exhaustion with cramps. Option D describes shock/collapse.