Non-infectious diseases are the ones which are produced by the factors other than living organisms and are incapable of spreading from one person to another.
Non-infectious diseases are the ones which are produced by the factors other than living organisms and are incapable of spreading from one person to another.
Contributing causes are factors which make an individual prone to catch a disease, e.g., undernourishment, defective heredity, poor public health services.
Contributing causes are factors which make an individual prone to catch a disease, e.g., undernourishment, defective heredity, poor public health services.
Name the causal organism of ringworm and elephantitis.
Fungus and filarial worm (nematode), respectively.
Fungus and filarial worm (nematode), respectively.
See lessGive one example of each of diseases caused by bacteria and virus.
Typhoid and polio respectively.
Typhoid and polio respectively.
See lessWhat are signs of disease?
Signs are definite clues or indications of a disease.
Signs are definite clues or indications of a disease.
See lessWhat do you mean by symptoms of a disease?
Symptoms are structural and functional manifestations of the presence of a disease.
Symptoms are structural and functional manifestations of the presence of a disease.
See lessWhat are non-infectious diseases?
Non-infectious diseases are the ones which are produced by the factors other than living organisms and are incapable of spreading from one person to another.
Non-infectious diseases are the ones which are produced by the factors other than living organisms and are incapable of spreading from one person to another.
See lessDefine infectious disease?
Infectious diseases are diseases that are caused by pathogens and are capable of spreading from a diseased person to a healthy person.
Infectious diseases are diseases that are caused by pathogens and are capable of spreading from a diseased person to a healthy person.
See lessWhat are acquired disease?
Acquired diseases are those diseases which one individual picks up after birth.
Acquired diseases are those diseases which one individual picks up after birth.
See lessWhat are congenital disease?
Congenital diseases are the diseases found in an individual right from birth.
Congenital diseases are the diseases found in an individual right from birth.
See lessWhat are contributing causes of disease?
Contributing causes are factors which make an individual prone to catch a disease, e.g., undernourishment, defective heredity, poor public health services.
Contributing causes are factors which make an individual prone to catch a disease, e.g., undernourishment, defective heredity, poor public health services.
See lessWhat do you mean by immediate cause of disease?
Immediate, precipitating or first level of cause of a disease is the actual agent or factor that causes the disease, e.g.,Virus in common diarrhoea.
Immediate, precipitating or first level of cause of a disease is the actual agent or factor that causes the disease, e.g.,Virus in common diarrhoea.
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