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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 of the following is true about prostrate cancer in men?

  1. The lifetime risk of developing it is 10%.

  2. It is the most common cause of cancer death in males.

  3. Its incidence rate is falling.

  4. It regards for approximately 30% of all cancers in men
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

It is the correct statement .The lifetime risk of developing prostate cancer is 30%, and it accounts for approximately 30% of all cancers in men.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements regarding the complications of prostate bone metastases in males is correct?

  1. Most pathological fractures occur as the result of trauma.

  2. In a sufferer the spinal cord compression is frequently managed by surgery.

  3. Prophylactic orthopaedic intervention is essential for bone abrasions at high risk of fracture.

  4. Bisphosphonates are unable to reduce the number of cancer-associated skeletal events in the body.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

It is a correct statement. A prophylactic orthopaedic intervention is essential for bone abrasions at high risk of fracture.

Multiple choice

Which of the following diseases is not chronic?

  1. Asthma

  2. Epilepsy

  3. Hypertension

  4. Peptic ulcers

  5. Schizophrenia
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer as Marshall and Warren, awarded the Nobel Prize for the cure of peptic ulcer disease,  discovered that it is a disease that can be cured by a short period of treatment with antibiotics.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is the cause of asthma?

  1. Infection of trachea

  2. Infection of lungs

  3. Bleeding of pleural cavity

  4. Blockage of arteries

  5. Spasm in bronchial muscles
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Asthma is caused due to allergic reaction of foreign substances that affects the respiratory tract. It can cause contraction spasm in bronchiolar smooth muscles.

Multiple choice

Hiccups are caused due to ____________.

  1. involuntary contraction of the diaphragm

  2. convulsive expulsion of air from the lungs

  3. forceful sudden expiration

  4. uncontrolled cough

  5. sore throat
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Hiccups are an involuntary spasm of the diaphragm and respiratory organs, with a sudden closure of the glottis and a characteristic gulping sound.