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Questions Related to our health
Airborne route results in transimission of ___________ diseases.
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Contagious
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Endemic
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Non-communicable
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None of the above
A contagious disease is a subset category of transmissible diseases (can transmit from person to another), usually infections or some non-infection diseases, which are transmitted to other persons, either by physical contact with the person suffering the disease, or by casual contact with their secretions or objects touched by them or airborne route among other routes.
Contagious disease is a form of ........... disease.
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Non communicable
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Transmissible
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Chronic
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Acquired
Which of the following term is used for the disease which spread from one person to another?
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Chronic
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Communicable
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Acquired
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Non communicable
Pick out a case of healthy state of an individual.
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Mr. X is recovering from an infectious disease.
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Mr. Y takes insulin injection everyday .
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Mrs. Z is very depressed.
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Mr. K does his duty and spends time joyfully.
.............. is produced as a result of allergic reaction
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Histamine
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Nor-epinephrine
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Glucocorticoid
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Mineralocorticoid
Histamine is a nitrogenous compound which gives a local immune response. Histamine is involved in the inflammatory response as well as it acts as a neurotransmitter. As a part of the immune response to foreign pathogens, histamine is produced by the mast cells and the basophil cells in the nearby connective tissue against the allergic reaction. Sneezing happens because of histamine-associated sensory neural stimulation.
Condition in which inflammation of vermiform appendix of the digestive system occurs is
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Amoebic dysentery
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Appendicitis
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Intestinal cancer
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Appendectomy
Appendicitis or epityphlitis is inflammation of the vermiform appendix. The inflamed appendix is filled with pus and causing pain. The symptom of appendicitis includes abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and decreased appetite.
A deficiency disease which causes drying up of skin and hair is
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Pellagra
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Beri-beri
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Scurvy
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Anorexia
A. Pellagra is caused by the deficiency of vitamin B-3 and it causes dementia, diarrhea, and dermatitis (three Ds).
Beri-beri is debility due to deficiency of
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Biotin
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Thiamine
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Riboflavin
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Nicotinamide
An endogenous chemical agent of disease is
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Uric acid
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Protein deficiency
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Vitamin deficiency
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Pollutants
Endogenous chemical agents are those that originate from within the organism, tissue or cell. Endogenous chemical agents and genetic mutations are collectively called intrinsic or internal factors affecting human health. The diseases caused by intrinsic factors are called organic or metabolic diseases. Chemicals which may be endogenous are urea, uric acid, hormones and enzymes. Uric acid is produced within the body of human beings and if it does not get eliminated by kidneys, then it may result in a serious disease known as gout which is due to the accumulation of uric acid in joints.
Type I and Type II diabetes differ from one another in that
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Type I reduce body weight and type II increases body weight
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Type I does not produce diabetic ketoacidosis while type II produces it
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Type I increases body weight and type II reduces body weight
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None of the above
Non-infectious disease is a kind of disease which are not caused by pathogens. Instead they are caused by lifestyle factors, environmental toxins or gene mutations.