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Questions Related to non infectious diseases

The immune system which works against self is

  1. Self immune system

  2. Autoimmunity

  3. Specific immunity

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Autoimmunity is the system of immune responses of an organism against its own cells and tissues. It is the abnormal immune response in which immune system attacks healthy cells.
Thus, the correct answer is option B.

Which of the following is an autoimmune disease?

  1. Rheumatoid arthritis

  2. Grave's disease

  3. Hashimoto's disease

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Autoimmune disease is a condition in which our own immune system attacks our own tissues. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of the joints.
Grave's disease is an autoimmune disease in which the patient;s own immune system attacks the thyroid gland causing it to produce too much of thyroid hormone.
Hashimoto's disease is an autoimmune condition caused by inflammation of the thyroid gland.
Thus, the correct answer is option D.

.............. is a kind of allergy

  1. Asthma

  2. Yellow eyes

  3. Typhoid

  4. Mumps


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

An allergy is a hypersensitivity disorder of the immune system. Symptoms include red eyes, itchiness, and runny nose, eczema, hives, or an asthma attack. Out of the given options, only asthma is an allergy. Asthma and allergies often go hand-in-hand. Asthma is a disease of the branches of the windpipe (bronchial tubes), which carry air in and out of the lungs. There are several different types of asthma. Allergic asthma is a type of asthma that is triggered by an allergy (for example, pollen or mold spores).

Use of antihistamines and steroid give a quick relief from

  1. Nausea

  2. Headache

  3. Allergy

  4. Cough


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • Antihistamines are drugs which are used to treat allergic rhinitis and other allergies. Antihistamines can give relief when a person has nasal congestion, sneezing, or hives because of pollen, dust mites, or animal allergy. Histamine is mostly responsible for allergic reactions. Antihistamines block the action of histamines.
  • A steroid is a biologically active organic compound. Steroids such as corticosteroids are used in the treatment of allergic reactions by reducing inflammation associated with allergies. They prevent and treat nasal stuffiness, sneezing, and itchy, runny nose due to seasonal or year-round allergies. They can also decrease inflammation and swelling from other types of allergic reactions
  • So, the correct answer is 'Allergy'.

In higher vertebrates the immune system can distinguish self cells from nonself ones.If this property is lost due to genetic abnormality and it attacks self cells , it leads to

  1. Active immunity

  2. Allergic response

  3. Graft rejection

  4. Auto immune disease


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

An autoimmune disease is a condition arising from an abnormal immune response to normal body tissue. In an autoimmune disease, the immune system fails to recognize self-cells and produces antibodies against self-cells. Common symptoms include low-grade fever and feeling tired. Autoimmune disease is due to genetic abnormality or other environmental factors. 

So, the correct answer is 'Autoimmune disease'.

Use of anti-histamines and steroids give a quick relief from -

  1. Headache

  2. Allergy

  3. Nausea

  4. Cough


Correct Option: B

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
Hay fever is a sign of

  1. Malnutrition

  2. Allergy

  3. Old age

  4. Over work


Correct Option: B

Hypersensitivity towards any foreign material or particle is known as :

  1. Hypergenital disease

  2. Congenital disease

  3. cancer

  4. Allergy


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The undesirable responses or reaction to any foreign particles produced by the immune system is known as hypersensitivity. These reactions will result into allergic reaction and auto immunity.

The type of immunity that develops as a result of natural exposure to an antigen in the environment is

  1. Natural innate immunity

  2. Naturally acquired passive immunity

  3. Nonspecific immunity

  4. Naturally acquired active immunity


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Innate immunity works without concern about how much damage happened but to protect the body and the body exposed to an antigen in an environment develops natural innate immunity.

So the correct option is 'Natural innate immunity.'

When body starts rejecting its own cells, it is called as

  1. Immuno deficiency

  2. Immunosuppression

  3. Autografting

  4. Autoimmunity


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Autoimmune diseases are disorders in which the bodys immune system attacks the body's own cells and organs with proteins called autoantibodies; this process is called autoimmunity. The bodys immune system normally makes large numbers of proteins called antibodies to help the body fight off infections. In some cases, however, the body makes autoantibodies. Examples include systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Sjgren's syndrome, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Graves' disease, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, Addison's Disease, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), polymyositis (PM).

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.