Description : The disease not transmitted by house - fly is - (a) cholera (b) enteric fever (c) dengue fever (d) dysentery
Last Answer : Ans:(d)
Description : Passive immunization is done for A- tuberculosis B- diphtheria C- enteric fever D- all of these
Last Answer : diphtheria
Description : Which of these is not a mosquito borne disease? (1) Dengue fever (2) Malaria (3) Filariasis (4) Goitre
Last Answer : (4) Goitre
Description : Does this sound like Hay Fever?
Last Answer : answer:Sounds like sinusitis to me. Try having some chili or mustard (whichever you prefer) and do your best to keep your nose and nasal passages clear / clean. Seeing a doctor about this wouldn’t be unreasonable.
Description : What are some good hay fever remedies?
Last Answer : One word….NeilMed
Description : A Good Cure for Hay Fever?
Last Answer : I have really bad allergies and for awhile I got immunotherapy shots from an allergy doctor and that seemed to be the only thing that helped. They inject your body with what you are allergic to and you ... a resistance. You just have to do it for a long time, but the results come fairly quickly.
Description : Hay fever is caused by
Last Answer : Hay fever is caused by A. Heptitis B. Dangue C. Allergy D. Helper T-cells
Description : Hay fever is a sign of - (1) malnutrition (2) allergy (3) oldage (4) over work
Last Answer : (2) allergy Explanation: Hay fever involves an allergic reaction to pollen. A similar reaction occurs with allergy to mold, animal dander, dust, and other allergens that you breathe in. ... rhinitis breathes in an allergen such as pollen or dust, the body releases chemicals, including histamine.
Description : All the following are types of immediate hypersensitivities except: a. Asthma. b. Contact Dermatitis. c. Food Allergies. d. Hay Fever.
Last Answer : b. Contact Dermatitis.
Description : Benefit afforded by certain H1 antihistaminics in the following condition is not based on antagonism of histamine: A. Dermographism B. Insect bite C. Common cold D. Seasonal hay fever
Last Answer : C. Common cold
Description : Hay fever is a sign of (1) malnutrition (2) allergy (3) old age (4) over work
Last Answer : allergy
Description : In which one of the following organisms its excretory organs are correctly stated? (a) Humans - Kidneys, sebaceous glands and tear glands (b) Earthworm - Pharyngeal, integumentary and septal ... Cockroach - Malpighian tubules and enteric caeca (d) Frog - Kidneys, skin and buccal epithelium
Last Answer : (b) Earthworm – Pharyngeal, integumentary and septal nephridia
Description : Which of the following pair is characterised by swollen lips, thick pigmented skin of hands and legs and irritability? (a) Thiamine – Beri-beri (b) Protein – Kwashiorkor (c) Nicotinamide – Pellagra (d) Iodine – Goitre
Last Answer : (c) Nicotinamide – Pellagra
Description : Which one is the matching pair characterized by pigmented skin of hands, legs and irritability (C.B.S.E.93) (a) Iodine-Goitre (b) Nicotinamide-Pellagra (c) Thiamine-Beri-beri (d) Protein-Kwashiorkor
Last Answer : (b) Nicotinamide-Pellagra
Description : Consider the following and select the right option. (1) Oncology - study of cancer (2) Dermatology - study of skin diseases (3) Both are right (4) Both are wrong
Last Answer : (3) Both are right Explanation: Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.
Description : Cobalt (60) isotope is used in the treatment of which disease? (1) Heart diseases (2) cancer (3) diabetes (4) skin diseases
Last Answer : (2) cancer Explanation: In cobalt-60 therapy, cobalt-60- generated gamma radiation is used to destroy tumors. Cobalt-60 therapy is also known as Gamma Knife® therapy.
Description : Allergic reaction to hand soap or just dry skin?
Last Answer : Yes it could be due to the hand soap. The skin on the palms are thick so they are more resistant to irritants, hence the redness or rashes appear behind the hands and between the fingers. ... Wear gloves when going outside in cold weather or when you are washing dishes.Try using Cetaphil Cleanser.
Description : Urticaria means: A. allergic reaction of the skin B. thickened skin C. dead tissue
Last Answer : Ans: A
Description : When the nurse observes diffuse swelling involving the deeper skin layers in the patient who has experienced an allergic reaction, the nurse records the finding as a) angioneurotic edema. ... the result of increased interstitial fluid and associated with disorders such as congestive heart failure.
Last Answer : a) angioneurotic edema. The area of skin demonstrating angioneurotic edema may appear normal but often has a reddish hue and does not pit.
Description : In allergic diseases, the concentration of the following is increased in plasma: (A) IgA (B) IgG (C) IgD (D) IgE
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Goitre is caused due to the deficiency of?
Last Answer : Iodine.
Description : Chloroquine is indicated in the following disorders except: A. Rheumatic fever B. Discoid lupus erythematosus C. Photogenic skin reactions D. Lepra reaction
Last Answer : B. Discoid lupus erythematosus
Description : Delayed allergy reaction (type IV allergic reaction) is: a) An An allergic or immune response that begins within a period lasting from a few minutes to about an hour after exposure to ... of antigen-antibody complexes that cause tissue damage e) An allergic disorder which is transferred genetically.
Last Answer : Ans: B
Description : Immediate allergy reaction (type I allergic reaction) is: a) An allergic or immune response that begins within a period lasting from a few minutes to about an hour after exposure to an ... cause tissue damage e) It occurs during blood transfusion reactions and in hemolytic disease of the newborn.
Description : A 67-year-old male presents with an intraabdominal abscess secondary to perforated sigmoid diverticulitis. The following statement(s) is/are true concerning his intraabdominal abscess. a. Culture will ... gram-negative enteric bacilli d. The most common anaerobic islet will be a Bacteroides species
Last Answer : Answer: b, c, d Typically an intraabdominal infection results in perforation of a hollow viscus and the ensuing contamination of a normally sterile peritoneal cavity. The normal ... Bacteroides species (especially B. fragilis, Clostridium), and anaerobic cocci are most consistently isolated
Description : Mary has a family history of heart disease and wonders if garlic would be beneficial to her. Which of the following statements is correct about garlic? (a) Enteric-coated tablets release their contents in ... (c) The safety of garlic in pregnancy is unknown (d) Garlic does not interact with warfarin
Description : Besides the pancreatic juice in the intestine there is the releasing of the enteric juice that contains digestive enzymes too. What are these enzymes and which type of molecule do each of these enzymes break?
Last Answer : The enteric juice is secreted by the small intestine mucosa. The enzymes of the enteric juice and their respective functions are described as follows: Enterokinase: enzyme that activates ... Enzymes that break nucleotides into its components (nitrogen-containing bases, phosphates and pentoses).
Description : Which two distinct microbial processes are responsible for the release of fixed nitrogen as dinitrogen gas (N2) to the atmosphere? (a) Aerobic nitrate oxidation and nitrite reduction (b) ... fixation by Rhizobium in root nodules of legumes (d) Anaerobic ammonium oxidation and denitrification
Last Answer : (d) Anaerobic ammonium oxidation and denitrification
Description : Mercury is typically used in the placement of which of the following tubes? a) Miller-Abbott Most nasoenteric tubes use mercury to carry the tube by gravity to its desired location. b) ... Dobbhoff tubes are used for enteric feeding. d) EnterafloW Enteraflow tubes are used for enteric feeding
Last Answer : a) Miller-Abbott Most nasoenteric tubes use mercury to carry the tube by gravity to its desired location.
Description : For which of the following medications must the nurse contact the pharmacist in consultation when the patient receives all oral medications by feeding tube? a) Enteric-coated tablets Enteric-coated ... make an opening in the capsule and squeeze out contents for administration by feeding tube.
Last Answer : a) Enteric-coated tablets Enteric-coated tablets are meant to be digested in the intestinal tract and may be destroyed by stomach acids. A change of form of medication is required by patients with tube feedings.
Description : Why enteric coating is given to the tablets.
Last Answer : i. To control the site of action of drugs. ii.. Drug absorption is better in intestine iii. for drugs producing severe irritation in stomach. iv. To produce the sustained release product. v. To prevent the drug degradation in stomach pH.
Description : What do you mean by enteric coated tablet? Give reasons for enteric coating.
Last Answer : Enteric Coated tablet: 1. These tablets are coated with the material which does not disintegrate in stomach but passes through as it is i.e. enteric polymer e.g.: Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose phthalate ... stomach pH. 4. Drug absorption is better in intestine. 5. Delayed action is needed.
Description : Name any two polymers used for film and enteric coating.
Last Answer : Film Coating. 1. Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose. 2. Hydroxyethyl methyl cellulose. 3. Carbowax. 4. PEG-400 5. Ethyl cellulose Enteric coating: 1. Cellulose acetate phthalate. 2. Cellulose ... acetate succinate. 4. HPMC acetate succinate. 5. HPMC phthalate. 6. Polymethacrylate. 7. PVAP
Description : Name the diseases (a) (A)_______: The liver is affected, skin and eyes turn yellow due to the deposit of bile pigments. (b) (B)____: it is the ejectio
Last Answer : Name the diseases (a) (A)_______: The liver is affected, skin and eyes turn yellow due to ... not properly digested leading to a feeling of fullness.
Description : Which one of the following groups of diseases spreads through mosquito bites among humans? (a) Malaria, filariasis, poliomyelitis (b) Ancylostomiasis, ringworm, dengue fever (c) Dengue fever, viral encephalitis, yellow fever (d) Filariasis, malaria, ascariasis
Last Answer : Ans:(c)
Description : A group of diseases normally transmitted between vertebrate animals and man is - (a) yellow fever, plague, taeniasis (b) plague, rabies, smallpox (c) ancylostomiasis, ascariasis, plague (d) plague, rabies, taeniasis
Description : ______ follow streptococcal diseases and appear to be consequences of immune complex formation in the kidneys or heart. a. Scarlet fever b. Yellow fever c. Rheumatic fever d. Necrotizing fasciatis
Last Answer : c. Rheumatic fever
Description : One of the most excessive diarrheas of the GI tract is associated with which of the following poisonings or diseases? a. Staphylococcal food poisoning b. Typhoid fever c. Cholera d. Campylobacteriosis
Last Answer : c. Cholera
Description : Humans can acquire which one of the following diseases from the droppings of infected birds? a. Q fever b. Legionellosis c. Tuberculosis d. Psittacosis
Last Answer : d. Psittacosis
Description : A catarrhal and paroxysma stage is typical of which one of the following bacterial diseases? a. Tuberculosis b. Pneumonia c. Pertussis d. Q Fever
Last Answer : c. Pertussis
Description : Combination therapy with two (or more) antimicrobials is superior to monotherapy with any single effective drug in case of the following diseases except: A. Typhoid fever B. Leprosy C. AIDS D. Subacute bacterial endocarditis
Last Answer : A. Typhoid fever
Description : Has anyone ever heard of this? My daughter seems allergic to cold weather. As soon as her skin hits really cold weather, she gets red blotches that itch like mad. WTF?
Last Answer : This happens to me on occassion. I think it must have to do with the weather drying out my skin, but I’m not sure.
Description : What is Goitre, its symptom and organ affected by it?
Last Answer : Goitre is a deficiency disease caused due to deficiency of iodine. The organ affected due to this disease is Thyroid gland. In this disease thyroid gland swells due to overactivity. T³ and T⁴ hormones are released in less quantities leading to large number of problems.
Description : Which hormonal deficiency is responsible for the following? (a) Diabetes mellitus (b) Goitre (c) Cretinism
Last Answer : Which hormonal deficiency is responsible for the following? (a) Diabetes mellitus (b) Goitre (c) Cretinism
Description : BMR is increased in (A) Endemic goitre (B) Thyrotoxicosis (C) Myxoedema (D) Cretinism
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Radioactive iodine uptake by thyroid gland is increased in (A) Endemic goitre (B) Hyperthyroidism (C) Myxoedema (D) Creatinism
Description : All the following may occur in hyperthyroidism except (A) Goitre (B) Increased appetite (C) Loss of weight (D) Low BMR
Description : Clinical features of hyperthyroidism include (A) Goitre, heat intolerance, weight loss and tachycardia (B) Goitre, tremors, tachycardia and cold intolerance (C) Exophthalmos, goiter, tachycardia and loss of appetite (D) Exophthalmos, goiter, tremors and obesity
Last Answer : Answer : A