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- 1 / 20
What illness resulted in Queen Elizabeth I having facial scars?
- Measles
- Mumps
- Scarlet fever
- Smallpox
When Queen Elizabeth I was 29, in 1562, she was struck down with what was believed to be a violent fever. Ordered by doctors to remain in her bed at Hampton Court Palace, it was soon clear that her illness was more than just a fever — she had the dreaded smallpox. Smallpox was a feared, deadly, viral disease that was highly contagious. There was no cure and no treatment. As recently as the 1960s, around 12 million people caught the disease and around two million people died every year. What began as an illness led to a rash that developed in small blisters or pustules that would split before drying and form scabs that left scars.
Source: The New Zealand Herald
- 2 / 20
Which illness occurs when the body stops producing insulin?
- Anemia
- Phlebitis
- Diabetes
- Rheumatism
Insulin is an important hormone that regulates the amount of glucose (sugar) in your blood. Type 1 diabetes is a chronic (life-long) autoimmune disease that prevents your pancreas from making insulin. If you don’t have enough insulin, too much sugar builds up in your blood, causing hyperglycemia (high blood sugar), and your body can’t use the food you eat for energy. It requires daily management with insulin injections and blood sugar monitoring. Both children and adults can be diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.
Source: Cleveland Clinic
- 3 / 20
The soporific sponge was once used for what specific medical practice?
- Anesthesia
- Fever reduction
- Disinfection
- Bone setting
Some cultures over the years found certain drugs that had a similar benefit as anesthesia, such as hashish in Ancient China and opium in Ancient Egypt. Later in Europe during the Middle Ages, physicians used a method they referred to as the “soporific sponge,” which involved soaking a sponge in opium, hemlock, henbane, and mandrake, and then letting it dry in the sun. After that, they would rinse it in hot water before squeezing it and stuffing it firmly under a patient’s nose.
Source: Pharmacy Times
- 4 / 20
Which group of drugs is used to treat allergic reactions?
- Pain Killers
- Antihistamines
- Antidepressant
- Antivirals
Antihistamines have been used for years to treat allergy symptoms. They can be taken as pills, liquid, nasal spray, or eye drops. Over-the-counter (OTC) antihistamine eye drops can relieve red itchy eyes, while nasal sprays can be used to treat the symptoms of seasonal or year-round allergies. By blocking histamine and keeping it from binding to receptors, antihistamines prevent the symptoms.
Source: Web MD
- 5 / 20
What does our body produce to fight off illness including viruses?
- Plasma
- Bone Marrow
- Antibodies
- Bacteria
Antibodies are proteins that protect you when an unwanted substance enters your body. Produced by your immune system, antibodies bind to these unwanted substances in order to eliminate them from your system. Another word for antibody is immunoglobulin. The molecules on the surfaces of antigens differ from those found naturally in your body. So, when an antigen enters your body, your immune system recognizes it right away. In order to attack this antigen invader, your immune system calls out for antibody protection.
Source: Cleveland Clinic
- 6 / 20
Hypertension is a medical condition related to what?
- Sugar levels
- Hormone levels
- Temperature
- Blood pressure
Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated. It usually does not cause symptoms. Long-term high blood pressure, however, is a major risk factor for stroke, coronary artery disease, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, peripheral arterial disease, vision loss, chronic kidney disease, and dementia.
Source: Wikipedia
- 7 / 20
Which body system fights off disease?
- Respiratory System
- Immune System
- Cardiovascular System
- Endocrine System
The immune system is a network of biological processes that protects an organism from diseases. It detects and responds to a wide variety of pathogens, from viruses to parasitic worms, as well as cancer cells and objects such as wood splinters, distinguishing them from the organism's healthy tissue. Many species have two major subsystems of the immune system. The innate immune system provides a preconfigured response to broad groups of situations and stimuli. The adaptive immune system provides a tailored response to each stimulus by learning to recognize molecules it has previously encountered. Both use molecules and cells to perform their functions.
Source: Wikipedia
- 8 / 20
Which word means water which is safe to drink?
- Polarized
- Pollutified
- Punchable
- Potable
Potable water is water that is safe to be used as drinking water. The amount of drinking water required to maintain good health varies and depends on physical activity level, age, health-related issues, and environmental conditions. For those who work in a hot climate, up to 4.2 US gal a day may be required. In developed countries, tap water meets drinking water quality standards, even though only a small proportion is consumed or used in food preparation.
Source: Wikipedia
- 9 / 20
Which major organ does Hepatitis affect?
- The Heart
- The Lungs
- The Brain
- The Liver
Hepatitis is the term used to describe inflammation of the liver. It's usually the result of a viral infection or liver damage caused by drinking alcohol. There are several different types of hepatitis, most of which are outlined below. Some types will pass without any serious problems, while others can be long-lasting (chronic) and cause scarring of the liver (cirrhosis), loss of liver function, and, in some cases, liver cancer.
Source: NHS
- 10 / 20
Which disease did President Franklin Roosevelt suffer from?
- Malaria
- Alopecia
- Tuberculosis
- Polio
Franklin D. Roosevelt, later the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 to 1945, began experiencing symptoms of a paralytic illness in 1921 when he was 39 years old. His main symptoms were fever; symmetric, ascending paralysis; facial paralysis; bowel and bladder dysfunction; numbness and hyperesthesia; and a descending pattern of recovery. He was diagnosed with poliomyelitis and underwent years of therapy, including hydrotherapy at Warm Springs, Georgia. Roosevelt remained paralyzed from the waist down and relied on a wheelchair and leg braces for mobility, which he took efforts to conceal in public. In 1938, he founded the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, leading to the development of polio vaccines.
Source: Wikipedia
- 11 / 20
A gluten-free diet is instructed to treat what illness?
- Celiac disease
- Heart disease
- Crohn's disease
- Renal disease
A gluten-free diet (GFD) is the only definitive treatment for patients with celiac disease (CeD). Strict adherence to GFD improves the symptoms, nutritional deficiencies, and overall well-being of the patients. The management of CeD is truly different and unique from the treatment of other medical or surgical diseases. While prescribing a GFD is easy, the key to the success lies in dietary counseling by a nutrition specialist/physician and the maintenance of adherence to the prescribed diet by the patient. When restricting gluten from all possible sources, it is pertinent to recommend a diet that is healthy and balanced for patients with celiac disease.
Source: National Library of Medicine
- 12 / 20
Which disorder affects people who travel through different time zones?
- Jet Lag
- Met Lag
- Top Lag
- Late Lag
Jet lag, also called jet lag disorder, is a temporary sleep problem that can affect anyone who quickly travels across several time zones. Your body has its own internal clock, called circadian rhythms. They signal to your body when to stay awake and when to sleep. Jet lag occurs because your body's internal clock is synced to your original time zone. It hasn't changed to the time zone of where you've traveled.
Source: Mayo Clinic
- 13 / 20
Which disease did Stephen Hawking suffer from?
- Lupus
- ALS
- Multiple sclerosis
- Pancreatic cancer
While in graduate school, at age 21, Dr. Hawking was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), commonly referred to in the U.S. as Lou Gehrig’s disease. As ALS progresses, the degeneration of motor neurons in the brain interfere with messages to muscles in the body. Eventually, muscles atrophy and voluntary control of muscles is lost. People with ALS typically maintain intelligence, memory, and personality, even in the late stages of the disease.
Source: Access Computing
- 14 / 20
Ulcerative colitis is a disease that affects which part of the body?
- Hands
- Intestine
- Brain
- Mouth
Ulcerative colitis causes irritation and ulcers (open sores) in the large intestine. It belongs to a group of conditions called inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It often causes bleeding, diarrhea, cramping, and a sense of urgency. Sometimes these symptoms can wake a person up at night to go to the bathroom as well. Ulcerative colitis can occur in people of any age, but it usually starts between the ages of 15 and 30, and less frequently between 50 and 70 years of age.
Source: Mayo Clinic
- 15 / 20
Which flu is caused by viruses adapted to birds?
- Spanish Flu
- Black Flu
- Swine Flu
- Avian Flu
Avian influenza, known informally as avian flu, is a bird flu caused by the influenza A virus, which can infect people. It is similar to other types of animal flu in that it is caused by a virus strain that has adapted to a specific host. The type with the greatest risk is highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Though influenza A is adapted to birds, it can also stably adapt and sustain person-to-person transmission.
Source: Wikipedia
- 16 / 20
What disease was once known as jail fever?
- Apoplexy
- Typhoid
- Typhus
- Cholera
Typhus is a bacterial disease spread by lice or fleas. Typhus is caused by two types of bacteria: Rickettsia typhi, or Rickettsia prowazekii. Rickettsia typhi causes endemic or murine typhus. Endemic typhus is uncommon in the United States. It is usually seen in areas where hygiene is poor, and the temperature is cold. Endemic typhus is sometimes called "jail fever." The bacteria that cause this type of typhus is usually spread from rats to fleas to humans. Murine typhus occurs in the southern United States, particularly in California, and Texas. It is often seen during the summer and fall. It is rarely deadly. You are more likely to get this type of typhus if you are around rat feces or fleas, and other animals such as cats, possums, raccoons, and skunks.
Source: Medline
- 17 / 20
Which of these ailments is not caused by a virus?
- Chicken pox
- Measles
- Salmonella
- Common cold
Salmonella, (genus Salmonella) is a group of rod-shaped, gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic bacteria in the family Enterobacteriaceae. Their principal habitat is the intestinal tract of humans and other animals. Some species exist in animals without causing disease symptoms, while others can result in any of a wide range of mild to serious infections known generally as salmonellosis. Most human infections with Salmonella result from the ingestion of contaminated food or water.
Source: Anna Shvets
- 18 / 20
If you were suffering from pertussis, which illness would you have?
- Mumps
- Whooping Cough
- Scarlet Fever
- Chickenpox
Whooping cough (pertussis) is a highly contagious respiratory tract infection. In many people, it's marked by a severe hacking cough followed by a high-pitched intake of breath that sounds like "whoop." Before the vaccine was developed, whooping cough was considered a childhood disease. Now whooping cough primarily affects children too young to have completed the full course of vaccinations and teenagers and adults whose immunity has faded.
Source: Mayo Clinic
- 19 / 20
People with a compulsion to eat ice have what disorder?
- Dysphagia
- Pagophagia
- Trichophagia
- Geophagia
Pagophagia is a condition that causes a person to compulsively crave and chew ice. It’s a form of pica, which is a disorder that causes people to crave and eat items that are not food or have no nutritional value. For example, a person with pica might find themselves longing for and consuming things like chalk or sand. If you are a person who has a habit of chewing ice occasionally, you should know that this isn’t abnormal and isn’t harmful to your health. However, if you find that you have an intense and sustained urge to constantly chew ice—and you do so—excessively you might have pagophagia.
Source: Very Well Mind
- 20 / 20
In medicine, what does the Apgar score measure?
- Infection risk
- Severity of a burn
- Health of a newborn
- Cardiovascular health
The Apgar score is a quick way for health professionals to evaluate the health of all newborns at 1 and 5 minutes after birth and in response to resuscitation. It was originally developed in 1952 by an anesthesiologist at Columbia University, Virginia Apgar, to address the need for a standardized way to evaluate infants shortly after birth. Today, the categories developed by Apgar used to assess the health of a newborn remain largely the same as in 1952, though the way they are implemented and used has evolved over the years. The score is determined through the evaluation of the newborn in five criteria: activity (tone), pulse, grimace, appearance, and respiration. For each criterion, newborns can receive a score from 0 to 2.
Source: Wikipedia
