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(CAR) Dieseases 1 Flashcards

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Beriberi is caused by

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Use of milled rice
( During the industrial revolution of the nineteenth century, introduction of milled rice was accompanied by epidemics of beriberi. )

-Berberi also known as Thiamine Deficiency

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Diabetes mellitus?

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A hereditary disease in which the affected person is unable to use gullocose in its body metabolism.
(Diabetes mellitus (DM), commonly referred to as diabetes, is a group of metabolic disorders in which there are high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period. Symptoms of high blood sugar include frequent urination, increased thirst, and increased hunger.
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Cataract?

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A diesease which is due to opacity of cornea.
(A cataract is a clouding of the lens in the eye which leads to a decrease in vision. Cataracts often develop slowly and can affect one or both eyes. )

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Aedes Aegypteis?

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the yellow fever female mosquito, is a mosquito that can spread dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika fever, Mayaro and yellow fever viruses, and other disease agents

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Hepatitis?

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Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver. It may be caused by drugs, alcohol use, or certain medical conditions. But in most cases, it’s caused by a virus. This is known as viral hepatitis, and the most common forms are hepatitis A, B, and C.

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Primarily, _____ systems of the body is attacked by the HIV

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Immune system 
(the virus attacks a specific type of immune system cell in the body, known as CD4 helper lymphocyte cells. HIV destroys these cells, making it harder for your body to fight off other infections.)
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Tuberculosis?

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Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria usually attack the lungs, but they can also damage other parts of the body. TB spreads through the air when a person with TB of the lungs or throat coughs, sneezes, or talks.

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Pertussis ?

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Pertussis (also known as whooping cough or 100-day cough) is a highly contagious bacterial disease. Initially, symptoms are usually similar to those of the common cold with a runny nose, fever, and mild cough. This is then followed by weeks of severe coughing fits

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The decreased secretion of Insulin causes

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Diabetes

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HIV/ AIDS abbreviation

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus/

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

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Iron defeciency causes

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Anaemia
(Image result for Anaemia
Anaemia is a condition that develops when your blood does not contain enough healthy red blood cells or haemoglobin. These cells are important for carrying oxygen around the body. )

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Calcium Oxalate?

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Calcium oxalates are a major constituent of human kidney stones, calcium oxalate is also found in beerstone, a scale that forms on containers used in breweries.

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Rabies?

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Rabies is a deadly virus spread to people from the saliva of infected animals. The rabies virus is usually transmitted through a bite.

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Tetanus?

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The bacteria that cause tetanus can be found in soil, manure, or dust. They infect humans by entering the body through cuts or puncture wounds, particularly when the wound area is dirty. Animal bites, burns, and non-sterile injection of drugs can also lead to infection with Clostridium tetani

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Samllpox?

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  • Smallpox is an extremely contagious and deadly virus for which there is no known cure.
  • due to worldwide vaccination programs, this disease has been completely eradicated
  • Smallpox is also known as variola.
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Parkinson?

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A disease of Brain
(Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects predominately dopamine-producing (“dopaminergic”) neurons in a specific area of the brain called substantia nigra. Symptoms generally develop slowly over years.)

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AIDS is caused by

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Virus
(HIV infection is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus. You can get HIV from contact with infected blood, semen, or vaginal fluids. Most people get the virus by having unprotected sex with someone who has HIV. Another common way of getting it is by sharing drug needles with someone who is infected with HIV.)

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ECG?

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Electrocardiography (ECG or EKG) is the process of recording the electrical activity of the heart over a period of time using electrodes placed on the skin.

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Haemophilila means failure of the

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Blood to clot

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Pellagra?

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Pellagra is a disease characterised by diarrhoea, dermatitis and dementia. If left untreated, death is the usual outcome. It occurs as a result of niacin (vitamin B-3) deficiency. Niacin is required for most cellular processes.

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Albinism?

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Albinism in humans is a congenital disorder characterized by the complete or partial absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes

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Cirrhosis?

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Cirrhosis is a late stage of scarring (fibrosis) of the liver caused by many forms of liver diseases and conditions, such as hepatitis and chronic alcoholism. The liver carries out several necessary functions, including detoxifying harmful substances in your body, cleaning your blood and making vital nutrients

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AIDS virus has

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Single-stranded RNA

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BCG vaccine?

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Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine is a vaccine primarily used against tuberculosis (TB). In countries where tuberculosis or leprosy is common, one dose is recommended in healthy babies as close to the time of birth as possible.

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Goitre?

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A goitre or goiter is a swelling in the neck resulting from an enlarged thyroid gland. The term is also used to describe an enlarged thyroid. A goitre is associated with a thyroid that is not functioning properly. Worldwide, over 90% of goitre cases are caused by iodine deficiency.

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What is a contagious disease?

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A contagious disease is a subset category of transmissible 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.

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Bacteriophages?

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Bacteriophages or “phage” are viruses that invade bacterial cells and, in the case of lytic phages, disrupt bacterial metabolism and cause the bacterium to lyse [destruct]. Phage Therapy is the therapeutic use of lytic bacteriophages to treat pathogenic bacterial infections.

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Astigmatism?

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-Cylindrical glasses are adivced to a patient suffering from this diesease.
(Astigmatism is a common vision condition that causes blurred vision. It occurs when the cornea (the clear front cover of the eye) is irregularly shaped or sometimes because of the curvature of the lens inside the eye).

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Myopia?

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  • A Defect of vision, blurring distant objects.
    (Myopia, or nearsightedness, is a refractive error, which means that the eye does not bend or refract light properly to a single focus to see images clearly. In myopia, close objects look clear but distant objects appear blurred.)
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Meningitis?

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  • A disease of Central Nervous System
    (Meningitis is an inflammation (swelling) of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. A bacterial or viral infection of the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord usually causes the swelling).
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Colour Blindness?

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With this vision problem, you have difficulty distinguishing certain colors, such as blue and yellow or red and green. Color blindness (or, more accurately, color vision deficiency) is an inherited condition that affects males more frequently than females.

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Jaundice?

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  • Affects the liver
    (Jaundice can also be caused by other diseases, like malaria, hepatitis, or gallstones. Jaundice is the most common of all liver problems. The yellow colour of the skin and mucous membranes happens because of an increase in the bile pigment, bilirubin, in the blood.)
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Myxedema?

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  • Due to improper function of thyroid gland.
    (Myxedema is the result of having undiagnosed or untreated severe hypothyroidism. The term “myxedema” can be used to mean severely advanced hypothyroidism)
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Cholera?

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  • organism is Bacterium
    (Cholera is an infectious disease that causes severe watery diarrhea, which can lead to dehydration and even death if untreated. It is caused by eating food or drinking water contaminated with a bacterium called Vibrio cholerae)
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Mumps?

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  • Organism is Virus
    (Mumps is a viral disease caused by the mumps virus. Initial signs and symptoms often include fever, muscle pain, headache, poor appetite, and feeling tired. This is then usually followed by painful swelling of one or both parotid salivary glands.)
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Ringworm?

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  • Organism is Fungus
    (Ringworm is a common fungal skin infection otherwise known as tinea. Ringworm most commonly affects the skin on the body (tinea corporis), the scalp (tinea capitis), the feet (tinea pedis, or athlete’s foot), or the groin (tinea cruris, or jock itch)
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Sleeping Sickness?

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  • Organism is Protozoa
    (sleeping sickness, is an insect-borne parasitic disease of humans and other animals. It is caused by protozoa of the species Trypanosoma brucei.)
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Asthma?

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Asthma (AZ-ma) is a chronic (long-term) lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. Asthma causes recurring periods of wheezing (a whistling sound when you breathe), chest tightness, shortness of breath, and coughing.

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Influenza?

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Influenza, commonly known as “the flu”, is an infectious disease caused by an influenza virus. Symptoms can be mild to severe. The most common symptoms include: a high fever, runny nose, sore throat, muscle pains, headache, coughing, and feeling tired.

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Symtoms of Scurvy

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  • Swelling and bleeding of gums

- Decreased resistance to cold

41
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Hydrophobia ?

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-Disease caused by the bite of a mad dog

42
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Obese personnel suffer from which disease?

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Hypertension
Diabetes
Coronary attack

43
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Three communicable disease prevalent in the developing countries caused by unsafe drinking water and bad sanitation are

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Malaria
Acute diarrhoea
Schistosomiasis
(Schistosomiasis, also known as snail fever and bilharzia, is a disease caused by parasitic flatworms called schistosomes. )

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____ is least infectious

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Leprosy
(a contagious disease that affects the skin, mucous membranes, and nerves, causing discoloration and lumps on the skin and, in severe cases, disfigurement and deformities)

45
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The virus of AIDS affects the growth of

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T cells in blood

46
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Leukaemia ?

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Leukaemia is a cancer which starts in blood-forming tissue, usually the bone marrow. It leads to the over-production of abnormal white blood cells, the part of the immune system which defends the body against infection

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___ and ___ are affected by aids

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Blood circulatory system
Immune system
Respiratory system

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Alzheimer’s disease in human beings is characterised by the degeneration of

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Nerve cells
(Alzheimer's disease is a progressive disease that destroys memory and other important mental functions)
49
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Hookworm?

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a parasitic nematode worm which inhabits the intestines of humans and other animals. It has hook-like mouthparts with which it attaches itself to the wall of the gut, puncturing the blood vessels and feeding on the blood.

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Diabetes is caused due to malfunctioning of

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Pancreas

51
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_____ is also spread throug milk

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Tuberclosis

humans also can become infected, most commonly through consumption of unpasteurized milk products from infected cows

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______ dieases are sexually transmitted.

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  • Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum
  • Gonorrhea, also spelled gonorrhoea, is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Many people have no symptoms. Men may have burning with urination, discharge from the penis, or testicular pain.
  • AIDS
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Angina?

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-A form of heart disease in which blood supply to the heart is inadequate.

(Angina (an-JI-nuh or AN-juh-nuh) is chest pain or discomfort that occurs if an area of your heart muscle doesn’t get enough oxygen-rich blood. Angina may feel like pressure or squeezing in your chest. The pain also can occur in your shoulders, arms, neck, jaw, or back. Angina pain may even feel like indigestion)

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______ is characterised by inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord

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Meningitis

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Amnesia

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  • Related to Loss of Memory
    (Amnesia is a deficit in memory caused by brain damage, disease, or psychological trauma. Amnesia can also be caused temporarily by the use of various sedatives and hypnotic drugs.)
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Longsightedness’s method of rectification is

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Convex Lens

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Shortsightedness’s method of rectification is

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Concave Lens

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Astigmatis’s method of rectification is

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Cylindrical lens

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Colour-Blindness method of rectification is

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None. Heridetary disease

60
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heart attack is caused due to

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Cholestrol

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Malaria is a diseaes which effects

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The Spleen
(The spleen plays multiple supporting roles in the body. It acts as a filter for blood as part of the immune system. Old red blood cells are recycled in the spleen, and platelets and white blood cells are stored there. The spleen also helps fight certain kinds of bacteria that cause pneumonia and meningitis.)

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Meningitis is caused by

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Meningococcus

63
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In humans infection of plasmodium causes

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Malaria

64
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The disease of Elephantiasis is caused by

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Culex Mosquito
-( a human disease caused by parasitic worms known as filarial worms. Most cases of the disease have no symptoms
; people, however, develop a syndrome called elephantiasis, which is marked by severe swelling in the arms, legs, breasts, or genitals.)

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Rickets is the disease of

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Bones

66
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Deficiency of Iron in Human Diet causes

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Anaemia

67
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Trachoma is disease of the

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Eyes
(Trachoma is an infectious disease caused by bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. The infection causes a roughening of the inner surface of the eyelids)

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Nightblindness is caused by the lack of

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Vitamin A

69
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Autopsy is connected with

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Post-mortem

70
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Typoid and cholera are typical examples of

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Water Borne disease

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Malaria affects ___ and___ organs glands

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Spleen and liver

72
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Pyorrhoea is a disease of the

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Gum

Pyorrhoea is characterized by copius discharge of pus from the roots of the teeth and gums

73
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Asthma ?

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The disease in which bronchial tubes become narrow due to spasms of bronchial muscles

74
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____ disease occur due to cosumption of contamnated water

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Cholera

75
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Lock Jaw; a symptom of

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Tetanus

76
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Virus causes

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typhus
(The disease occurs after bacteria (Rickettsia spp.) are transferred to humans usually by vectors such as fleas or lice that have acquired the bacteria from animals such as rats, cats, opossums, raccoons, and other animals)

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Bronchitis is a disease of ____ organ

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Respiratory Tract.

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