A Quiz on Diseases and Disorders,

Each Questance Answer already is bolded
1.The state of social dysfunction is known as _____.Sickness
2.The state of physiological or psychological dysfunction is known as _____.Disease
3.Germ theory of diseases was postulated by _____.Louis Pasteur
4.The web of disease causation model was suggested by MacMahon and Pugh in their book _____.
Epidemiologic Principles and methods
5.The causative factors of disease may be classified as Agent, Host and Environment
6.Ringworm is caused by _____.Fungus
7.Chikunguniya is caused by Virus
8.Name five diseases caused by viruses _____.common cold, poliomyelitis, chicken pox, chikunguniya, rabies, influenza, measles, yellow fever, aids
9.Tobacco contains hazardous chemical _____.
 10. Name five diseases caused by Bacteria _____.
cholera, typhoid, leprosy, tetanus, plague, whooping cough, tuberculosis
11.Name three diseases caused by Protozoa _____.malaria, Kala azar, Amoebic dysentery
12.Name a disease caused by Metazoa _______.elephantiasis, ascarisis
13.A disease caused by fungus is ______.ringworm
14.Insufficiency of insulin causes _____.
15.A disease caused by Ricketssis is typhus fever
16. Name few diseases caused by neutrient deficiency Malnutrition, night blindness, rickets, beriberi, pellagra, goitre, scurvy, anaemia
17. Urea is a causative factor of which disease?Uremia
18. Serum billirubin is a causative factor of which disease?Jaundice
19.Ketone is a causative factor of which disease?Ketosis
20.Uric acid is a causative factor of which disease?Gout
21.Calcium carbonate is a causative factor of which disease?Kidney stone
22.Diabetes, Hypothyroidism and obesity are more common in women than in men. True/False
23.Lung cancer and coronary heart disease are less frequent in women. True/False
24.Name few diseases which are not firmly identified Mental illness, cancer, peptic ulcer, coronary heart disease
25.Due to uncontrolled division of cells, _____ is formed.tumor
26.The harmless tumour is called ______ tumor.benign
27.The harmful tumour is known as _____ tumour. malignant
28.Tobaco contains hazardous chemical _____.Nicotine
29.What are the ill effect of smoking?chronic bronchitis, lung cancer, mouth cancer, larynx, oesophagus, pancreas, bladder, coronary heart diseases
30.Tobacco smoke contains which chemical compounds.pyridine, ammonia, aldehyde, furfurol, carbon monoxide, nicotine, sulphur dioxide
31.Excessive intake of alcohol causes cancer of _____.liver and oesophagus
32.High fat diet may lead to _____ cancer breast
33.Tight wearing of cloths may cause _____ cancer skin
34.The genes which are capable of causing cancer are known as ______.oncogenes
35.______ % of human cancers are caused by environmental factors 80
36.Leprosy is caused by a rod-like bacterium called _____.Mycobacterium leprae
37.Leprosy bacterium was discovered by Dr. Armaur Hansen.
38.Leprosy affects the ______ nerves.peripheral
39.What is the first stage of leprosy. small patch with less sensation
40.Which medicines are used to treat Leprosy? Rifampicin, Chlophazimine, Dapsone, Ethionomide, Protionamide, Chalmogra oil etc.
41.The 'National leprosy Eradication Programme' is in operation in India since _____.1983
42.Malaria is caused by _____.Plasmodium vivax
43.Malaria is treated with Chloroquanine, Primaquine, Meparine, Paludrine and Quinine
44.The mode of transmission of malaria virus is Biting of female anopheles mosquito carrying plasmodium vivax
45. Hepatitis is the diseased condition of which part of our body.Liver
46.Hepatitis is caused by which virus?Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C
47.Hepatitis A virus infection occurs through contaminated water or food.
48.Hepatitis A virus is characterized by fever, chilling, headache, weakness, fatigue, vomiting, dark yellow urine, jaundice etc.
49. AIDS was first reported by Central Disease Control Unit in USA in 1981
50. What are the major signs of AIDS
heavy weight loss (10%), chronic diarrhoea for longer than one month, prolonged fever for longer than one month
51.What is the mode of transmission of HIV?
blood transfusion, shared needles and syringes, tattooing(to mark sb’s skin with a tattoo), from mother to baby and sexual contact.