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What causes night blindness?

  • Excessive growth hormone
  • Deficiency of vitamin B
  • Deficiency of vitamin A (correct)
  • Genetic mutation

What is gigantism associated with?

  • Physical trauma
  • Overproduction of growth hormone (correct)
  • Gene mutations involving chromosome XX
  • Excessive vitamin intake

What type of disease is tuberculosis?

  • Viral infection
  • Bacterial infection (correct)
  • Parasitic infection
  • Genetic disorder

What causes scurvy?

<p>Vitamin C deficiency (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which disease is transmitted by ticks?

<p>Tick-borne encephalitis (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What health problem arises from iodine deficiency?

<p>Goiter (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What defines dysentery?

<p>Infective intestinal disease (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of immunity?

<p>To resist diseases (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Night Blindness

A condition caused by a deficiency of vitamin A, characterized by difficulty seeing in low light.

Scurvy

A condition resulting from a deficiency in vitamin C, leading to weakness, fatigue, and bleeding gums.

Iodine Deficiency

A disease caused by the lack of iodine in the diet, resulting in an enlarged thyroid gland.

Tuberculosis

A bacterial infection affecting the lungs, discovered by Robert Koch in 1882.

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Malaria

A parasitic disease transmitted through mosquito bites, caused by the parasite Plasmodium.

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Vitamin D Deficiency

A disease caused by a deficiency in vitamin D, affecting bone growth and leading to bone weakness.

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Leishmaniasis

A group of parasitic diseases caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania, spread by sand flies.

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Acromegaly

A condition marked by excessive growth hormone production in adulthood, resulting in enlarged extremities.

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