Diseases of the Human Body |
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Deficiency Diseases
| Disease |
Deficiency of |
Symptoms |
| Anemia |
Hemoglobin (Iron) |
General weakness and pale complexion |
| Goiter |
Iodine |
Painful joint |
| Beri-beri |
Vitamin B |
Weakness, swelling and pain in legs, loss of appetite |
| Scurry |
Vitamin C |
Swollen gums, delayed wound healing sleeplessness, facial pallor, diarrhea, deformed skull, pelvis and limb in children |
| Night-blindness |
Vitamin A |
|
| Dermatitis |
Vitamin A |
Dryness of skin |
| Pellagra |
Nicotinic Acid
(Vitamin B Complex) |
Diarrhea, mental lethargy, red skin, itchy hands, feet, elbows and knees |
Insect-Borne Diseases
| Disease |
Propagated by |
| Malaria |
Female Anopheles mosquitoes |
| Plague |
Rat flea |
| Leishmaniasis |
Sand fly |
| Dengue Fever |
Aedes mosquito |
Disease and Causative Agents
| Causative Agent |
Diseases |
| Bacteria |
Diphtheria, gonorrhoea, meningitis, cholera, leprosy, typhoid, tetanus, tuberculosis, plague, whooping cough pneumonia |
| Virus |
Chicken pox, small pox, measles, mumps, AIDS, yellow fever, influenza, dengue fever, rabies, poliomyelitis |
| Protozoan |
Malaria, sleeping, sickness, Kala azar, leishmaniasis, amoebic dysentery |
| Fungus |
Athlete's foot, Ringworms, Dhobi's Itch |
Disease affecting Different Parts of Body
| Disease |
Part of the Human Body affected |
| AIDS |
Immune system of he body (resistance) |
| Arthritis |
Joints |
| Asthma |
Bronchial muscles (lungs) |
| Cataract |
Eyes |
| Conjunctivitis |
| Glaucoma |
| Diabetes |
Pancreas, blood, kidneys |
| Dermatitis |
Skin |
| Diphtheria |
Throat |
| Eczema |
Skin |
| Gout |
Joints |
| Hepatitis, Jaundice |
Liver |
| Malaria |
Spleen, Liver, RBCs |
| Meningitis |
Spinal cord and brain |
| Polio |
Legs |
| Pyrrhoea |
Teeth and gums |
| Pleurisy |
Lungs |
| Rheumatism |
Joints |
| Pneumonia |
Lungs |
| Sinsusitis |
Facial bones |
| Typoid |
Intestines, whole body |
| Tuberculosis |
Lungs |
| Tonsillitis |
Glands in throat (tonsils) |
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