Non Communicable Diseases

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Is there any difference between infectious and communicable diseases

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Question 26
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(a)___disease continues for many days and causes ___ on body.
(b)___disease continues for a few days and causes no longer term effect on body.
(c)___is defined as physical, mental and social well-being and comfort.
(d) Common cold is___disease.
(e) Many skin diseases are caused by____.

Q. Name any four non-infectious diseases and their causes.

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Question 2
In which of the following case do you think the long-term effects on your health are likely to be most unpleasant? Why?
• if you get jaundice
• if you get lice
• if you get acne
Why?

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Define apoptosis.

Q. Wearing socks and full sleeve shirt at night will prevent many diseases

explain

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What is a non-communicable disease?

Q. Name the disease with the following symptoms:
1. Weakness
2. Pain in the muscles
3. Loss of sensation
4. Paralysis
5. Weak heart

1. Pellagra
2. Beri Beri
3. Rickets
4. Scurvy

Q. Which one of the following diseases is not caused by bacteria?

1. Anthrax
2. Tuberculosis
3. Malaria
4. Typhoid

Q. Write a few lines about gout?

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Choose the correct option:

Assertion [A]: Turner syndrome occurs only in females.

Reason [R]: Turner syndrome is characterised by X0 sex chromosomes.

1. Assertion [A] is True and Reason [R] is False.

2. Reason [R] is True and Assertion [A] is False

3. Assertion [A] is True and Reason [R] is True and is a correct explanation for [A].

4. Assertion [A] is True and Reason [R] is True but is an incorrect explanation to [A].

Q. Why are deficiency diseases called non-communicable diseases?

Q. Diseases of brain are hard to treat. When a virus or bacterium infects the brain , it is very difficult to treat and it and is visual deadly. For example when the rabies virus infects the brain it kill 99% of all infected patients. Why do you think this is so?

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The two important contributory causes of diseases are and makeup.

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It is suggested to wear socks and full sleeves to prevent the attack from dengue. Why?

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Name one RNA retrovirus.

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___ is the study of diseases.

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Non-infectious diseases are not caused by pathogens.

1. True

2. False

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When an individual gets an extra chromosome from a parent, the resulting condition is called ________.

1. Polyploidy

2. Nondisjunction

3. Disjunction

4. Aneuploidy

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Diseases of brain are hard to treat. When a virus or bacteria infects the brain, it is very difficult to treat and is usually deadly. Why is it so? In the module it is given that parts of central nervous system have high security, then how does the brain get infected?

Q. Question 2
In which of the following case do you think the long-term effects on your health are likely to be most unpleasant? Why?
• if you get jaundice
• if you get lice
• if you get acne
Why?

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Which of the following is a non-communicable disease?

1. All of these

2. Hay fever

3. Thalassemia

4. Arthritis

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___ is the study of diseases.

Q. Goitre can occur either due to hypothyroidism ( endemic goitre ) or hyperthyroidism (exophthalmic goitre ). Which of the following is a correct comparison among the both?

1. Hypothyroidism - High body temperature , Hyperthyroidism - Low body temperature
2. Hypothyroidism - Low blood pressure , Hyperthyroidism - High blood pressure
3. Hypothyroidism - Increased appetite , Hyperthyroidism - Bulging of eye balls
4. Hypothyroidism - Bulging of eye balls , Hyperthyroidism - Tendency towards

Q. Which of the following is non-communicable disease?

1. Allergy
2. Malaria
3. Diarrhoea
4. Tuberculosis

Q. Non-communicable diseases are generally caused by:

1. Behavioral risk factors
2. Environmental risk factors
3. Biological risk factors
4. Both A and B

Q. What would a diabetic patient do if enough human - insulin was not available?

Q. Toxins (saxitoxins) secreted by some dinoflagellates enter the body of human beings through food chain and result in

1. Madness
2. Paralysis
3. Plague
4. Syphilis

Q. Very short answer type :
Classify the following diseases into communicable and non-communicable diseases
(i) Tuberculosis, (ii) Cancer, (iii) Diabetes mellitus, (iv) Amoebiasis

Q. Which one of the following is a non-communicable disease?

1. Tuberculosis
2. Cancer
3. Cholera
4. Malaria