Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
All STDs do not affect the genital organs. Justify the statement.
Advertisements
Solution
STDs like AIDS and Hepatitis – B do not directly affect the genital organs because AIDS affects only the immune system and Hepatitis affects the liver.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Explain the mode of transmission of HIV.
Expand the following.
HIV-
AIDS is not transmitted by contact with a patient’s clothes.
What are the various routes by which transmission of human immunodeficiency virus takes place?
AIDS is ______.
A sexually transmitted disease symptomised by the development of chancre on the genitals is caused by the infection of ______.
Some human diseases are transmitted only when the blood of a patient comes in close contact with the blood of a healthy person. In one such disease, there is a progressive decrease in the WBC of the patient.
- Name the disease and its causative agent.
- Name the type of WBC affected during infection.
- How does the blood of a patient come in contact with the blood of a healthy patient?
- Suggest three methods that help in preventing such infection.
STDs can be considered as self-invited diseases. Comment.
STDs are a threat to reproductive health. Describe any two such diseases and suggest preventive measures.
With the help of a flow chart, illustrate how an infected animal cell can survive while viruses are being replicated or released.
