Diseases of the Human Body

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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