Diseases and its related body part , important diseases asked in competitive exams diseases questions .
General science plays an important role as it is a part of general awareness syllabus in various competitive exams .
Almost in every exam you will see a question from disease and associated part of human body.
Disease is something which will interfere with your body’s natural functioning and make you sick or physically unwell .
The types of diseases :-
The diseases can be classified as infectious disease and non infectious diseases.
Infectious Diseases:– The diseases which are caused by harmful organisms called as pathogens are infectious diseases. These diseases are mainly caused by virus , bacteria , fungi , parasite etc.
The infectious disease can also be spread from other people , Bug bite and contaminated food or water or soil.
So we can say that infectious disease are caused by those organisms which are from outside world that is they are not genetical.
Examples are HIV , flu , measles etc.
Non Infectious Diseases:- non infectious diseases are not caused by outside organism they are caused by Genetics , Anatomical difference or the environmental you live in.
Examples are cancer , diabetes , congestive heart failure , Alzheimer etc.
Important diseases asked in exams –
1. Caused by Virus
- AIDS
- Chicken pox
- dengue fever
- Ebola
- Rabies
- Small pox
- Influenza
- Common cold
- Stomach flu
- Covid 19
- Hepatitis A
- Respiratory syncytial virus.
2. Caused by Bacteria
- Cholera
- leprosy
- plague
- Pneumonia
- Typhoid
- Wooping cough
- Tetanus
- Tuberculosis
- Strep throat
- Salmonella
- Urinary track infections
- Sexually transmitted diseases.
- E Coli
3. Caused by Fungi
- Ringworm
- Fungal nail infection
- vaginal yeast infection
- Thrush
4. Caused by Parasites
- Toxoplasmosis
- Hookworms
- Pinworm
- Giardiasis
5.Caused by Protozoa
- Sleeping sickness
- Malaria
- Kala Azhar
- Amoebic dysentery
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