Tag: some infectious diseases
Questions Related to some infectious diseases
The drug treatment for the prevention of TB is called as
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Immunization.
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Vaccination.
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Prophylaxis.
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Chemoprophylaxis.
Chemoprophylaxis is the method of administrating medicines for preventing disease. It is also called as Chemoprevention. Tuberculosis chemoprophylaxis is used to prevent the infection or it is also used to avoid development of disease in a person who is having latent TB. Isoniazid drug is most commonly given as a preventive measure.
.......... do not affect the lungs of the pateint.
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Pulmonary TB
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Extrapulmonary TB
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Lymph node TB
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Abdominal TB
Coughing up blood or mucus, chest pain, breathing difficulty, weight loss and fatigue are the symptoms of
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Primary stage of TB.
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Pulmonary TB.
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6 months after TB infection.
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None of the above.
Symptoms of active TB can depend on what part of the body has been infected. If active TB occurs in the lungs, the symptoms can include a cough lasting 3 weeks or more, pain in the chest area, breathing difficulty, weight loss, cough that brings blood or mucus, chills, fever, and fatigue. TB can also affect a person's brain, bones, kidneys, or spine.
Which of the following is most common in children?
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Meningitis TB
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Skeletal TB
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Lymph node TB
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Pulmonary TB
The most common type of TB in children is pulmonary TB. In about 70 -80% of the children affected by TB, it is pulmonary TB. The rest 20% is non-pulmonary TB. The source of infection for children getting pulmonary TB is inhalation of TB bacteria which generally settles in lungs.
The preventive therapy for the people with latent TB is
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BCG.
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Isoniazid.
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Ethambutol.
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None of the above.
BCG stands for Bacillus Calmette-Guerin. BCG vaccine is given for protection against tuberculosis as a preventive measure. Isoniazid is an antibiotic used as a first-line agent for the prevention and treatment of both latent and active tuberculosis. Ethambutol is used to treat active TB infection along with other tuberculosis medications, such as isoniazid, rifampicin and pyrazinamide.
Which of the following group is called pathogens?
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Viruses, bacteria and fungi
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Measles, mumps and chicken pox
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Cholesterol, saturate fat, and helminthes
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All of the above
The organisms or agents which are responsible for the development of a disease or any infection is known as a pathogen. The ability of the organism to cause disease is pathogenicity. The microbes like the virsues, bacteria, and fungi are known as the pathogens which cause a certain type of infection.
Which of the following is an infectious disease?
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Arthritis
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AIDS
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Tetanus
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Sleeping sickness
AIDS (Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is an infection which is caused by Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The causative agent of the disease is a virus and so the disease can spread from one person to the other by sexual contact.
The bacterial disease cholera is accompanied by
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Peptic ulcers
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Rapid loss of fluid from the intestine
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Infection of heart muscles
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Rose spots
Cholera is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. It can cause severe diarrhea, which comes on suddenly and may quickly cause dangerous fluid loss - as much as a quart (about 1 liter) an hour.
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.
Which of the following is/are symptom/s of cholera?
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Diarrhoea
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Dehydration
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Fever
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All of the above
So, the correct
answer is 'All of the above'.
Which of the following are the symptoms of cholera?
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Diarrhea
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Nausea
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Dehydration
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All of the above
Most people exposed to the cholera bacterium (Vibrio cholerae) do not become ill and never know they've been infected. Yet, because they shed cholera bacteria in their stool for seven to 14 days, they can still infect others through contaminated water. Most symptomatic cases of cholera cause mild or moderate diarrhea that's often hard to distinguish from diarrhea caused by other problems. Symptoms of cholera infection may include diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, dehydration.