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What is full form of DPT?
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View full question & answer→DPT = Diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus.
What is full form of DPT?
DPT = Diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus.
Name the best form of relaxation.
Sleep is one of the best forms of relaxation.
Whether goitre is an inherited or deficiency disease?
Goiters can occur when the thyroid gland produces either too much thyroid hormone (hyperthyroidism) or not enough (hypothyroidism). Much more rarely, the problem may arise when the pituitary gland stimulates thyroid growth to boost production of the hormone. It is a deficiency disease.
Define immunity.
The capability of the body to fight against infection owing to the presence of specific antibodies is called immunity.
Name any two diseases that can be prevented by immunisation.
What is acute disease?
An acute disease is a short duration disease which often has a relatively severe course.
Define antibiotics?
Antibiotic is a chemical produced by a microorganisms, which kills or prevents the growth of other microorganisms and save us from the attack of disease.
Name the external factor which is responsible for ringworm disease.
Excessive sweating, contact with infected human beings are two external factors of ringworm disease.
Write down the modes of transmission of tuberculosis.
It is transmitted directly (by sneezing, coughing) and indirectly (air borne disease).
Name the most common method to prevent infection?
Vaccination is one of the most effective method to prevent infection.
What is another name of tuberculosis?
White Plague and Pott’s disease are another name of tuberculosis.
Why is it difficult to develop vaccines for some diseases?
It may not be very easy to treat a communicable disease and so it is always a good idea to prevent them from happening because,
Therefore, prevention is always better than cure when it comes to communicable diseases.
Write any two basic conditions necessary for keeping good health.
Eating balanced diet and personal and domestic hygiene are two basic conditions necessary for keeping good health.
If a pregnant mother is suffering from AIDS, would her child get the disease via genes or placenta.
If a pregnant mother is suffering from AIDS, would her child get the disease via Placenta. (AIDS in a viral disease, it is not a genetic disease).
Which is T.B. day?
T.B. day is celebrated on 24th March.
Name a vaccination which provides lifelong immunity.
MMR provides long life immunity.
It is suggested to wear socks and full sleeves to prevent the attack from dengue. Why?
Wearing socks and full sleeves cover body which prevents mosquito bite. This helps in protecting the body against diseases which are caused by mosquito bites such as dengue, malaria etc. Since dengue spreads through mosquitoe' s bite covering your body would result in less chances of being bitten by mosquitoes it becomes easier to bite at night for mosquitoes because we re sleeping also dengue vector mosquitoe bite only at night. WE while slleping generally our legs are coverd with blankets hands are vulnerable.
Expand the following abbreviations:
NIDS.
The full form of NIDS is National immunisation days, e.g. 4 NIDs for PPIP.
What is full form of HIV?
HIV = Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
Give two examples of viral diseases.
Influenza, Polio are two examples of viral diseases.
What is other narne of jaundice?
Icterus is another name of jaundice.
What are contributing causes of disease?
Contributing causes are factors which make an individual prone to catch a disease, e.g. undernourishment, defective heredity, poor public health services.
Name the enzyme present in tears which prevents eye infections.
Lysozyme is the enzyme present in tears which prevents eye infections while crying.
Write full form of AIDS.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
Name the viral disease against which we have been able to develop drug.
AIDS is a disease against which we have been able to develop drug.
Define the word disease carrier.
Disease carrier is defined as an organism, place or thing that harbours germs of a disease but does not suffer from the disease is termed as carrier. Housefly is an example of disease carrier.
Expand the following abbreviations:
PPIP.
The full form of PPIP is Pulse polio immunisation programme.
It was diagnosed that Preeti suffers from Japanese encephalitis, which organ of Preeti’s body is affected?
Organ affected in Japanese Encephalitis–Brain.
Why female Anopheles mosquito feeds on human blood?
It requires protein of human blood to lay eggs and transmit the disease via blood.
Differentiate between healthy and disease free?
Healthy and Disease Free are basic states of normal humans. A healthy person can be disease free, but a disease free person cannot be a healthy person; i.e. healthy is a state of an individual, who is physically, mentally, emotionally and physiological well in their lifestyles. While, Disease-free is a state of the body, which merely implies freedom from diseases.
Healthy is a state wherein a person is fit and fine from all aspects, including all his physical, mental, psychological and emotional state. Being healthy refers to being free from any diseases. But, being diseases free does not refer to be healthy, i.e. a person who is disease free does not have any diseases but, they might not be stable from inside as that of a healthy person.
While going abroad, why it is essential to get vaccinated against certain diseases?
A person may be carrier of some disease. Such a person may take that particular disease to a foreign country. Therefore, all visitors to a foreign country are vaccinated against the disease which is not prevalent in that country. It also acts as preventive measure against diseases commonly found in foreign country. This way the traveller and the host country become disease free.
Which parameters to health are difficult to measure?
Mental health and social well being are abstract concepts and cannot be measured on any parameters.
Name the causal organism of measles and anthrax respectively.
Virus and bacterium respectively.
Expand the following abbreviations:
OPV.
The full form of OPV is Oral polio vaccine.
Name the disease the child will not suffer from if BCG vaccine is given.
Tuberculosis will not happen if child is BCG vaccinated against it.
Name in which:
Antibiotic has no role.
The right answer is Malaria: In Malaria antibiotics have no role and show no resistance against disease.
Name the disease transmitted by dog bite.
Rabies if not treated is caused by dog bite.
Give one example acute and of chronic diseases.
Acute disease example: Asthma.
Chronic disease example: Heart failure.
What is correct?
Wearing socks and full sleeves at night will prevent the attack from dengue.
Wearing socks and full sleeves at night will not prevent the attack from dengue as dengue spreads at day time. Dengue is caused by bite of Aedes aegypti mosquito which is active during day time only.
Give scientific name of vector of dengue.
Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, is a mosquito that can spread dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika fever, Mayaro and yellow fever viruses, and other diseases.
Give two examples of bacterial diseases.
Tuberculosis (T.B.) and Typhoid are examples of bacterial diseases.
Name in which:
Mass scale immunization is going on in India.
The right answer is Polio: Mass immunization campaigns, known as National Immunization Days (NIDs) is going on India.
Name in which:
Kissing does not spread the disease while sexual transfer the same.
The right answer is AIDS: Kissing does not spread the disease as saliva exchange does not transfer the virus. On the other hand sexual transfer leads to development of disease AIDS.
Which is malaria day?
Malaria day is celebrated on 25 April.
Name the target cells of Plasmodium (malaria pathogen).
Red blood corpuscles (erythrocytes) and liver cells are targeted by malarial pathogen.
Name two diseases against which infants below one year are vaccinated.
Give one example of each of diseases caused by bacteria and virus.
Typhoid and polio respectively.
Name the chemical present in the stomach, which kills the microbes.
HCL in stomach kills the microbes.
Who were awarded Nobel Prize for discovery of treatment for peptic ulcers?
Barry Marshall and Robin Warren got Nobel prize for Physiology and Medicine, 2005 for discovery of treatment of peptic ulcers.
Name three factors which may be responsible for the disease.
The three factors are the host, environment, and agents of disease.