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WHY DO WE FALL ILL?

-ASSIGNMENT

Ques1)What are viruses? How do they multiply? Why are antibiotics ineffective in case of
viral diseases?

Ques2) Answer the following questions in brief with reason-

A) Do acute and chronic diseases have different effects on our health?

B) Why any disease that causes poor functioning of some parts of the body will effect
our general health as well?

C) Which disease causes more effects on general health-acute or chronic?

Ques3)Explain the following-

a) How the effects of the disease are reduced?

b) How do we kill microbes?

Ques4) The disease causing microbes select different organs to enter into the body. When
they enter through nose, mouth and sexual organs ,where do they reach after entry and
which disease is caused in each case?

Ques5) Write the definition of health according to WHO. Explain in brief about the three
dimensions of health.

Ques6) How do infectious diseases spread in a community? Make a list of all the possible
means of spread of diseases.

Ques7) Why is it difficult to prepare antiviral medicine ascompared to antibacterial


medicines?

Ques8)a) Mention the two principles of treatment.

b)Name the microorganism causing the following diseases-(i) Kala azar (ii)Sleeping
sickness

Ques9) What is an antibiotic? Give its one example.

Ques10) Sangeeta lives in a remote village area where she finds that most of the people are
suffering with malaria. There is a daily market nearby the village where the garbage gets
deposited for a long time. Sangeeta and her friends decide to clean that area on every
Sunday. Her team requested the vegetable sellers to put the garbage in the dustbins only.

Answer the following questions-

a) According to you what are the probable causes of spreading malaria?

b) Suggest some preventive measures to check malaria.

c) Why Sangeeta and her friends decide to cleanthat area every Sunday?

Ques11)Health is not merely the absence of diseases. How can we define health? Classify
diseases on the basis of: a) Duration of the disease b)Cause of the disease. Give one
example of each type.

Ques12)Write the causal organism of malaria.Which organ is first attacked by the microbe in
human body?

Ques13)Explain any three means by which infectious disease are spread. Give one example
of each.

Ques14) Explain the following: a) Mechanism of action of an antibiotics. b)Basis of the


principle of immunization. c) Contributory causes of diseases.

Ques15)State what happens during inflammation.

Ques16) State the method of transmission of the following diseases: a) AIDS b) malaria
c)Cholera d) Pneumonia

Ques17) What is a disease? How do we know that a person is diseased ?What can be the
various causes of for a person getting diseased?

Ques18) Give reason for the following- a) A person is suffering with AIDS dies even due to
small infection.

b)Infectious diseases are called communicable diseases.

c)Our surroundings should be free of stagnant water.

Ques19)a) In which of the following cases do you think the long term effects on your health
are likely to be most unpleasant?

(i) If you get Jaundice (ii) If you get lice (iii) If you get acne. Why?

Ques20)Name two diseases that can be prevented by immunization.

Ques21)Suman was not looking happy and was unable to focus on her studies. Her friend
Reena observed the same and enquired Suman. Suman told Reena that ger younger sister is
not keeping good health. Her neck was swollen. The reason came to light, Suman’s family
was not taking iodised salt in their diet. Reena suggested certain measures and insisted that
Suman’s sister must see the doctor immediately.

Read the above passage and answer the following questions:

a) What is the name of the disease from which Suman’s sister was suffering?

b) Name the element whose isotope is used in the treatment of this disease?

c) What are the values shown by Reena?

Ques22) a) What is immunization?How does it help people?

b)List two diseases for which vaccines are provided under public health programme.

Ques23) A doctor/nurse /health worker is exposed to more sick people than others in the
community. Find out how she/he avoids getting sick himself/herself.( any three points).

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