GENERAL DISEASES AND ITS FOUNDERS

GENERAL DISEASES AND ITS FOUNDERS

QN.	Question	Answer
1	Germ theory of diseases was postulated by	Louis Pasteur
2	The web of disease causation model was suggested by MacMahon and Pugh in their book	Epidemiologic Principles and methods
3	Ringworm is caused by	Fungus
4	Chikunguniya is caused by	Virus
5	Name five diseases caused by viruses	common cold, poliomyelitis, chicken pox, chikunguniya, rabies, influenza, measles, yellow fever, aids
6	Name five diseases caused by Bacteria	cholera, typhoid, leprosy, tetanus, plague, whooping cough, tuberculosis
7	Name three diseases caused by Protozoa	malaria, Kala azar, Amoebic dysentery
8	Name a disease caused by Metazoa	elephantiasis, ascarisis
9	A disease caused by fungus is	ringworm
10	A disease caused by Ricketssis is	typhus fever
11	Name few diseases caused by neutrient deficiency	Malnutrition, night blindness, rickets, beriberi, pellagra, goitre, scurvy, anaemia
12	Urea is a causative factor of which disease?	Uremia
13	Serum billirubin is a causative factor of which disease?	Jaundice
14	Ketone is a causative factor of which disease?	Ketosis
15	Uric acid is a causative factor of which disease?	Gout
16	Calcium carbonate is a causative factor of which disease?	Kidney stone
17	Lung cancer and coronary heart disease are less frequent in women. True/False	TRUE
18	Name few diseases which are not firmly identified	Mental illness, cancer, peptic ulcer, coronary heart disease
19	Due to uncontrolled division of cells,  is formed.	tumor
20	The harmless tumour is called  tumor.	benign
21	The harmful tumour is known as  tumour.	malignant
22	Tobaco contains hazardous chemical .	Nicotine
23	What are the ill effect of smoking?	chronic bronchitis, lung cancer, mouth cancer, larynx, oesophagus, pancreas, bladder, coronary heart diseases
24	Tobacco smoke contains which chemical compounds.	pyridine, ammonia, aldehyde, furfurol, carbon monoxide, nicotine, sulphur dioxide
25	Excessive intake of alcohol causes cancer of .	liver and oesophagus
26	High fat diet may lead to  cancer	breast
27	Tight wearing of cloths may cause  cancer	skin
28	Leprosy bacterium was discovered by	Dr. Armaur Hansen.
29	Leprosy affects the  nerves.	peripheral
30	What is the first stage of leprosy.	small patch with less sensation
31	Malaria is caused by .	Plasmodium vivax
32	Malaria is treated with	Chloroquanine, Primaquine, Meparine, Paludrine and Quinine
33	The mode of transmission of malaria virus is	Biting of female anopheles mosquito carrying plasmodium vivax
34	Hepatitis is the diseased condition of which part of our body.	Liver
35	Hepatitis is caused by which virus?	Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C
36	Hepatitis A virus infection occurs through	contaminated water or food.
37	Hepatitis A virus is characterized by	fever, chilling, headache, weakness, fatigue, vomiting, dark yellow urine, jaundice etc.
38	AIDS was first reported by	Central Disease Control Unit in USA in 1981
39	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
40	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.