[TNPSC Biology Study Materials] Health & Hygiene, Human Diseases - TNPSC Biology Study Materials Free Download

[TNPSC Biology Study Materials] Health & Hygiene, Human Diseases - TNPSC Biology Study Materials, Notes Free Download

Diseases

1. Communicable 
2. Non commnicable

Communicable

By Air

1. Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

• It is caused by the Bacterium - Mycobacterium Tuberculosis.
• It is a contagious disease spread through air.
• TB attack the lungs and also capable of spreading to other body parts like brain and spine.
• DRTB - Drug Resistant Tuberculosis, is a form of TB which develops resistant to the drug which are usually treated for TB.
• One in four in the world is affected by DRTB.
• The Medicine approved by the WHO to treat DRTB are -
• Delaminid.
• Bedaquiline.
• March 24 -World TB Day.

Non Communicable Diseases

1. Melonosis

Melanosis

• It is a disease caused by Aresenic Poisioning.
• It creates white marks on the skin mostly over the chest, abdomen and thigh areas.
• The safe and permissible limit for arsenic in drinking water is 5 ppm.