Health And Disease Flashcards
(35 cards)
Commonly abused drugs are
Opioids,cannabinoids,coca alkaloids
Opioids explain ?
Receptors present in CNS and GIT
Ex- heroin ( smack)
White,odourless,bitter
Acetylation of morphine
Extracted from latex of poppy plant papever somniferum
Heroin slows down body function
Morphine is seductive and painkiller
Cannabinoids explain?
Receptors in brain
Obtained from canabis sativa
Generally taken by inhalation and oral ingestion
Affects on cardiovascular system
Resin-hashish,charas
Flower-marijuana
Leaf- ganja,bhang
Cocaine explain ?
Coca alkaloids ( coke, crack)
Erthroxylum coca
Interfere neurotransmitter dopamine
Produces a sense of euphorbia and increased energy
Excessive dosage can cause hallucinations
Hallucinations propertys plants example
Datura and atropa belladona
Medicine used for mental illness like depression and insomnia ( drugs)
Barbiturates,amphetamines, benzodiazspines
From how many years tobacco been used by human being ?
400 yrs
It’s is used as smoke,chewed,snuffa
What is nicotine (explain)
Chemical ,an alkaloids
Stimulates adrenal gland to release adrenaline and nor adrenaline in blood
Both increase blood pressure and heart rate
How do smoking affect the body
it increases the cancer of lungs, urinary bladder, throat ,bronchitis, emphysema, coronary heart disease, gastric ulcer etc
It’s also CO content in blood and reduces conc of hemoglobin oxygen
Who disproved the theory of black bile
And which thory
William harvey
Good humor hypothesis
Health is affected by
- Genetic disorder
- Infections
- Life style
Important factors to maintain good health
Balanced diet
Personal hygiene
Regular excercise
Typhoid explain ?
Salmonella typhi bacteria
Causes typhoid fever
Sustained high fever 40⁰c
Loss of appetite
Internal perforation
Death
Constipation
Stomach pain
Widal test ?
Mary mallon( typhoid mary )
Typhoid carrier
Pneumonia explain?
Streptococcus pneumoniae and haemophillus influenzae ( bacteria )
Infect alveoli
Lips and finger nails turn grey to blue
Aerosols spread by infected person
Affect the healtier person
Bacteria disease example
Dysentery ,plague, diphthria,lankeroid,whooping cough,leprosy ,kust rog, tetanus,chlorella,tb
Common cold explain
Rhino virus
Nose and respiratory passage but not the lungs
Nasal congestion and discharge
Tiredness
3-7 days
Malaria explain
Plasmodium (protozoa)
Diff species of plasmodium ?
P.vivax
P.malaria
P.falciparum( dangerous )
Amoebic dysentery ?
Entaamoeba hystolica (protozaon)
Large intestine
Constipation,cramps,stool with excessive mucusand blood clots
Housefly mechanical carrier
Ascariasis
Ascaris(round worm) and wuchereria(filarial worm)
#(Helminths)#
Internal bleeding
Anemia
Blockage of the intestinal passage
Eggs are excreted by the infected person with faeces
Elephantiasis/filariasis
Wucheria(w.bankrofty and w.malayi)
Gross deformities
Culex mosquito bite
Ringworm
Fungi
Genus-
Microsporum, Tricophyton and epidermophyton
Dry and scaly lesions
Intense itching
heat and moisture - let the fungi grow
Groin and between the toes
Feed on mosquito larvae
Gambusa fish