Diseases

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• Deficiency of iron in the human diet causes “Anaemia.”
• Trachoma is a disease of the “Eyes.”
• Mumps is a disease caused by “Virus.”
• Rickets is a disease of the “Bones.”
• The disease not waterborne is “Influenza.”
• Typhoid and cholera are typical examples of “Water-borne diseases.”
• Pyorrhoea is a disease of the “Gums.”
• The disease in which bronchial tubes become narrow due to spasms of bronchial muscles is called “Asthma.”
• Lock Jaw, i.e., difficulty in opening the mouth is a symptom of “Tetanus.”
• A fungal disease is “Ringworm.”
• Bronchitis is a disease of the “Respiratory tract.”
• ECG is used for the diagnosis of ailments of the “Heart.”
• Dialysis is used for the treatment of “Kidney failure.”
• BCG vaccine is used to produce immunity against “Tuberculosis.”
• “Parkinson” is a disease of the “Brain.”
• Beri beri is due to the “Use of milled rice.”
• Cataract is a disease which is due to “Opacity of lens.”
• Hepatitis B is a disease of the “Liver.”
• Tuberculosis is a “Bacterial” infection.
• The decreased secretion of insulin causes “Diabetes.”
• AIDS virus destroys the “Immune” system of the human body.
• The AIDS virus is called “H.I.V.”
• Iron deficiency causes “Anaemia.”
• Tetanus is caused by bacterial infection.
• Anaemia is caused in man due to the deficiency of “Iron.”
• Viral diseases include “AIDS,” “Chicken Pox,” and “Rabies.”
• Haemophilia means failure of the “Blood to clot.”
• Goitre is associated with “Thyroid glands.”
• Meningitis is a disease that affects the “Central Nervous system.”
• Colour blindness is genetically linked.
• Jaundice affects the “Liver.”
• Diseases exclusively caused by a virus include “Measles,” “Smallpox,” “Mumps,” and “Rabies.”
• Pellagra is a skin disease.
• Communicable diseases caused by unsafe drinking water and bad sanitation include “Malaria,” “Acute diarrhoea,” and “Schistosomiasis.”
• Sleeping sickness is not a mosquito-borne disease.
• Cirrhosis is a disease that affects the “Liver.”
• Leukaemia is characterized by the degeneration of “Nerve cells.”
• In tetanus, germs enter through open wounds.
• Diabetes is caused due to the malfunctioning of the “Pancreas.”
• Urine of a diabetes patient contains more than the average quantity of “Sugar.”
• A form of heart disease in which blood supply to the heart is inadequate is known as “Angina.”
• Inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord is characterized by “Meningitis.”
• Amnesia is related to “Loss of memory.”
• Heart attack is caused due to “Cholesterol.”
• Malaria is a disease that affects the “Spleen.”
• Hysteria is not a contagious disease.
• Elephantiasis is caused by the “Culex mosquito.”
• The female mosquito that causes Dengue fever is “Aedes Aegypti.”
• Insomnia is the inability to sleep.
• There are no approved vaccines for the Dengue virus.