DISEASES and their CURE

·   TB tuberculosis is a bacterial disease

·   Bacillus causes TB

·   Salmonella Typhus are bacteria causing Typhoid

·   Vibrio cholera cause Cholera

·   Clostridium Tetni cause Tetanus

·   Athlete’s foot is caused by Fungi

·   Presbypia is an old age eye disease

·   Mycobacterium are bacteria causing T.B

·   Myxovirus cause Influenza

·   Anopheles (mosquito) causes malaria, parasite is plasmodium

·   Astigmation is fault of eye

·   Thalasemia is an hereditary disease causing deficiency of hemoglobin

·   Long-sightedness is called Hyper metrophia

·   Shortsightedness is called Myopia

·   Largest acquired disease is of tooth

·   Low sugar in blood is called Hypoglycemia

·   High sugar in blood is called Hyperglycemia

·   Plague is caused by Yersina Pests

·   Hemophilia is a bleeding disease

·   Parasomia is sleepwalking.

·   In Leukemia there is an abnormal increase in number of White blood cells

·   Parkinson is a disease of Brain

·   An Aids patient can live for 2 years

·   Aids virus has single stranded RNA

·   Meaningitis disease affects Centaral Nervous System

·   Diabetes is a disease in which the urine lacks insulin

·   Improper function of Thyroid gland causes Myxedema

·   Scurvy is the disease of swelling and bleeding of gums

·   Hook worm enters human body through soles of feet

·   Tuberculosis usually spreads though milk

·   Malaria affects spleen and liver

·   Trachoma is a disease of ees

·   Mymps is caused by virus

·   Lock jaw is a condion of Tetanus virus attack

·   A person suffering from Beri- Beri should use citrus fruit , mangoes, grapes

·   Pneumonia is caused by Cocci.

·   Common Cold is caused by Virus.

·   Chief food of mosquito larva is microorganism found in water.

·   Chief food of butterfly larva is leaves of plants.

·   Pneumonia affects respiratory system.

·   Rabies affects Nervous system.

·   Beri beri affects bones.

·   Biopsy is done on tissues taken from a living body

·   Oldest known disease in the world is Leprosy

·   Lack of oxygen at high altitudes produce bleeding

·   Pathogenic is the Disease producing microorganism.

·   Antibiotic for inhibit the growth of bacteria.

·   Sulfa drugs are used for bacteria.

·   A disinfectant is used for destroying microorganism and rendering the material sterile.

·   Encephalitis is a viral disease.

·   Trypanosome a parasite causing sleeping sickness.

·   Immunization is the method in which the cure of disease is done by Vaccine.

·   Sleep sickness is transmitted by tse-tse-fly.

·   Typical bacterial cell is about 1000 times smaller than an animal cell

·   SARS = Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome is a pneumonia like disease

·   Mad cow disease = BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy)

·   Louis Pasteur, a French chemist, was the first to realize that diseases are caused by germs

·   In 1881, Louis Pasteur founded a vaccine for anthrax, a fatal disease of animals.

·   The Pasteur Institute in Paris was founded in 1888 to investigate rabies.

·   Morphine used in drugs is extracted from opium poppy, it is a powerful painkiller.

·   Antibiotics are substances produced naturally by certain moulds and bacteria.

·   A vaccine is made of dead or weakened microorganisms to fight the invading virus. The body produces antibodies to fight the invading virus. Later, if the body is exposed to real virus the antibodies are already there to attack it before it multiplies.

·   English doctor Edward Jener made vaccine of smallpox.

·   Analgesic drugs prevent or reduce pain

·   Jaundice is a yellowness of skin, which is caused by disease of the liver or gall blader.

·   Head louse transmits the typhoid.

·   Cancer cells divide rapidly and form growth called Tumors.

·   Radiotherapy is used for killing cancer cells

·   Ultra-violet rays from sun can cause cancer

·   Strong drugs (Chemotherapy) are used to remove cancer in early stages

·   Magic bullets are special antibodies used as a drug to kill cancer cells.

·   Oil from the skin contains substances that kill bacteria.

·   Inside the nose sticky mucus traps and destroys invaders we inhale.

·   We have several different types of infection fighting white cells in the blood. Two of the most important are lymphocytes and macrophages.

·   Lymphocytes produce special chemical called antibodies to fight bacteria and viruses.

·   By what name is the disease, Varicella, more commonly known? Chicken Pox

·   A typical bacterial cell is about 1000 times smaller than an animal cell.

·   Viruses are not made up of cells.

·   Viruses cause, common cold, measles, aidz.

·   Bacteria move with Flagella.

·   Bacteria cause Cholera, Tetanus, and Typhoid.

·   Bacteria can produce (Two) in every 30 minutes and 8 million bacteria a day.

·   Viruses called Bacteriophages invade the cell of bacteria. They ‘hijack’ the cell’s chemical process, so that, instead of working normally, the cell makes copies of the virus.

·   Immunization is the method in which the cure of disease is done by Vaccine.

·   Small pox is totally eliminated from the world.

·   Cancer is a disease which cannot be spread by those who have it.

·   The drug quinine is used in the treatment of malaria.

·   Pollen grains can cause hey fever, which is a typical allergic reaction.

·   After drinking contaminated water you would be most apt to develop symptoms of ‘typhoid fever’.

·   Food poisoning can result from the eating of too much Vitamins. (Check)

·   The most infectious disease is Penumonic form of Plague. it has a mortality rate og about 99.99 %

·   Robert koch worked on TB

·   Rust is caused by Fungi.

·   Pathogenic is the Disease producing microorganism.

·   Antibiotic for inhi the growth of bacteria.

·   Sulfa drugs are used for bacteria.

·   An disinfectant is used for destroying micro-organism and rendering the materialsterile.

·   Pneumonia is caused by Cocci.

·   Common Cold is caused by Virus.

·   Bacillus causes Cholera.

·   Pneumonia affects respiratory system.

·   Rabies affects Nervous system.

·   Beri beri affects bones.

·   Head louse transmits the typhoid.

·   Sleep sickness is transmitted by tse-tse-fly.

·   Trachoma is a disease of eye.

·   Typhoid is caused by bacteria.

·   Cancer Cells divide rapidly and form growth called Tumors.

·   If cells break away from the tumors they can travel to other part of the body and start new tumors.

·   Radiotherapy is used for killing cancer cells.

·   Ultra-Violet rays from the sun can damage skin cells and cause cancer.

·   Strong drugs (Chemotherapy) are used to remove cancer in early stages.

·   Magic bullets are special antibodies used as a drug to kill cancer; they directly attach themselves to cancer cells.

·   Anasthetic prevent patient feeling pain; local anesthetic acts locally; generally anesthetic creates unconsciousness.

·   Analgesic prevents or reduces pain.

·   Antibiotic kills the bacteria that cause disease.

·   Antihistamine relieves symptoms of asthma, hay fever and other allergies.

·   Hormone = used to overcome a hormone deficiency in the body.

·   Narcotic = helps prevents pain by deadening the whole system.

·   Sedative = helps induce sleep.

·   Tranquillizer = helps claim a person.

·   Vaccine = helps the body fight a virus disease by triggering its natural defenses in advance.

·   Encephalitis is a viral disease.

·   Muscle stiffness is caused by a disease called Parkinsons (Check)

·   Wool sorters disease is actually what-Anthrax

·   Which disease was once known as white plagueTuberculosis

·   Beingn tertain malaria is caused by plasmodium vivax.

·   Sir Ronald Ross first described the life history of human malarial parasite in Anopheles.

·   The mouthparts of anopheles are adapted to piercing and sucking type feeding.

·   Amoebic dysentery in man is caused by Entamoeba histolytica.

·   Jaundice is the disease of Liver

·   AIDS is caused by HIV virus (human immune deficiency virus).

·   Addison’s disease is caused by the excessive secretion of: Adrenocorticotrophic Harmone

·   Consumption was the former name of which disease: Tuberculosis

·   If you suffered from pruritus - what would be wrong-Itching

·   The word amnesia (forgetfulness) derives from-      Greek

·   Encephalitis is a viral disease.

·   What disease is spread in minute water droplets-Legionnaires Disease

·   Which of the following diseases is generally spread by fleas? Yellow fever

·   The much dreaded H1N1 virus flu, also known as swine flu, is a respiratory illness in pigs caused by a virus

·   Water contaminated by sewage spreads disease such as cholera, typhoid, dysentery and river blindness

·   Meningococcal Meningitis is transmitted from person to person by mosquito bites.

·   Vomiting and neck pair are two of the symptoms of Meningococcal Meningitis.

·   Deficiency of vitamin A causes Xerophthalmia, a disease characterized by dryness of conjunctiva layer of eye.

·   Cholera is caused by bacteria vibrio cholerae.

·   Colour blindness, Down’s syndrome & Hemophilia are genetic disorders.

·   Xerophthalmia is disease of tear glands.

·   Leukemia is a type of cancer in which there is an abnormal increase in the number of White Blood Cells.

·   Biopsy is a medical diagnostic technique using cells and tissues.

·   In which country were antibiotics first used: Egypt  - used mouldy bread

·   If you suffer from epistaxis what is wrong: Nosebleed

·   Deficiency of Vitamin C causes a disease of... Teeth

·   Louis Pasteur is called “Father of the Modern Medicine”.

·   If you has caries who would you consult Dentist - its tooth decay

·   Which of the following is not an attribute of bacterium? Ability to arise from non-living matter

·   The comma bacillus causes what disease: Cholera

·   If you have Chlorosis what colour does the skin go: Green

·   What is the oldest most widely used drug on earth: Alcohol

·   What medication discovered in 1928 but introduced 1940: Penicillin

·   Flies and humans can both get which condition-Athletes Foot

·   Agraphia means inability to write.

·   St. Vitus’s dance is a disease.

·   Kleptomania is an irrational urge to steal.

·   After drinking contaminated water you would be most apt to develop symptoms of ‘typhoid fever’.

·   Otalgia is what condition-Earache

If a doctor gave you an Ishihara test what is he testing-for          Colour blindness.