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Diseases and Health Risk Factors

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Diseases and health risk factors examine the intrinsic and environmental causes of human illnesses. This includes common cancers, heart conditions, and substance abuse indicators. These topics are essential for biology papers in medical entrance and civil services examinations.

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Diseases and Health Risk Factors Questions

Multiple choice

Which among the following statements regarding pancreatic cancer is false?

  1. Pancreatic cancer rarely occurs before the age of 40.

  2. Signs and symptoms of the most common form of pancreatic cancer may include yellow skin or back pain.

  3. Neuroendocrine tumors are a diverse group of malignant tumors.

  4. Cigarette smoking is the best established avoidable risk factor for pancreatic cancer.

  5. At least 50% of people with pancreatic adenocarcinoma have diabetes at the time of diagnosis.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are a diverse group of benign and malignant tumors that arise from the body's neuroendocrine cells, which are responsible for integrating the nervous and endocrine systems.

Multiple choice

The most probable reason for drug addiction is

  1. changes in liver

  2. changes in brain

  3. changes in taste buds

  4. changes in stomach
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Drugs change the brain in ways that foster compulsive drug abuse. This leads to addiction.

Multiple choice

A person is living in much stressed state for a long time. This stress makes him prone to which of the following diseases?

  1. Hypertension

  2. Obesity

  3. AIDS

  4. All of the above

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

Chronic stress activates the sympathetic nervous system and HPA axis, leading to sustained elevation of cortisol and adrenaline. This prolonged activation increases heart rate, blood pressure, and vascular resistance, directly contributing to hypertension. While stress can influence eating behaviors that may lead to obesity, hypertension is the most direct physiological consequence. AIDS is caused by HIV infection, not stress.

Multiple choice

Directions: The question that follows has a conclusion, followed by two statements (A) and (B).

Cardiac arrest is the most common cause of mortality. A. Before many deaths occur, the heart stops functioning. B. Cardiac problems are prevalent in a majority of the older population.

  1. if statements A alone is adequate to arrive at the conclusion.

  2. if statement B alone is adequate to arrive at the conclusion.

  3. if both statements A and B are required to arrive at the conclusion.

  4. if both statements are insufficient to draw the conclusion.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Failure of the vital organ before death gives us the clue.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is not a degenerative disease?

  1. Alzheimer's disease

  2. Diabetes

  3. Thalassemia

  4. Osteoporosis

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

It is an inherited blood disorder. In a degenerative disease, the function or structure of the affected tissues or organs progressively deteriorates over time, whether due to normal bodily wear or lifestyle choices such as exercise or eating habits.

Multiple choice

A person was suffering from AIDS and died after few months. Which among the following could be the possible reason for his death?

  1. High blood pressure

  2. Other infections

  3. Physical trauma

  4. Inability to diagnose the disease
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

AIDS stands for Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome. It is a disease in which a person’s immune system becomes weak and is unable to fight infections. Hence, the concerned person finally dies due to other infections like common cold, sore throat, flu, etc. At the last stage, the person suffers from physical trauma due to infection and inability to treat it.