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प्रश्न
What is a non-communicable disease ?
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उत्तर
The diseases which are caused due to improper functioning of the body organs e.g. diabetes, heart attack. They are not caused by germs and not transmitted from one to another.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blank:
Inflammation of joints result in .................
What are the different ways in which infectious diseases can spread?
Name the following:
A disease caused due to Plasmodium
Fill in the blanks by selecting suitable words given below:
Deficiency of Vitamin D causes ______ in children.
Given below is a crossword puzzle. Read the clues across and clues down, and fill up the blank squares. Check up your performance with the correct solution given at the end.
Clues across
1. Category of pathogen that causes diseases, like common cold and mumps.
5. This is the vaccine for preventing tuberculosis.
6. An organ usually affected by tuberculosis
7. Jumbled spelling of one of the most common insect which visits our exposed foods and contaminates them.
8. Cover this part of your body by a handkerchief while sneezing to prevent droplet infection to others.
9. These may readily grow in your hair, if you do not wash it regularly.
10. A disease that weakens body’s defence system against infections.
Clues down
1. Germ or germ-substance introduced into the body to prevent occurrence of an infectious disease.
2. A disease caused by an infected dog, and which affects the central nervous system.
3. A disease in which the eyes, the skin and the urine turn yellow.
4. The disease pertussis is popularly known as whooping
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Fill in the blanks:
The mineral ______ is responsible for tooth decay.
Find the odd one out, giving reasons:
Give two examples for each of the following
Acute diseases
Name the target organs for the following diseases
Hepatitis targets ______.
Which one of the following diseases is non-communicable?
