Diseases and their Affected Areas

By Trupti Thool|Updated : June 12th, 2023

Diseases and Associated Part of the Human Body is a very important topic for the preliminary examination of State Services Exams. Around 2-3 questions can be expected from this topic. Make sure you go through these notes and learn them by heart. They are going to be really helpful for your upcoming exams.

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Diseases and its Affected Area

Parts of the Body Affected by Diseases

Disease	Affected Body Part
Arthritis	Joints
Asthma	Bronchial Muscles
Cataract	Eyes
Diabetes	Pancreas
Diphtheria	Throat
Eczema	Skin
Glaucoma	Eyes
Goitre	Thyroid Gland
Jaundice	Liver
Leukemia	Blood
Malaria	Spleen
Meningitis	Brain and Spinal Cord
Otitis	Ears
Paralysis	Nerves
Pneumonia	Lungs
Polio	Legs
Pyorrhoea	Teeth and Gums
Rheumatism	Joints
Sinusitis	Inflammation of sinus linings
Tonsillitis	Tonsils
Trachoma	Eyes
Tuberculosis	Lungs
Typhoid	Intestines

Diseases and Causative Agents

Causative Agent	Disease
Bacteria	Diphtheria, Gonorrhoea, Meningitis, Cholera, Leprosy, Typhoid, Tetanus, Tuberculosis, Plague, Whooping Cough, Pneumonia
Virus	Chicken Pox, Small Pox, Measle, Mumps, AIDS, Yellow fever, Influenza, Dengue fever, Rabies, Polio-meritis phelebotomus
Protozoans	Malaria, Sleeping sickness, Kala-azar, Leishmaniasis, Amoebic dysentery
Fungus	Athlete's foot, Ringworms, Madura foot, Dhobi's itch
Helminths	Filaria, Tapeworm and Hookworm transmission

Important Information about Human Body

Biggest Organ: Liver
Heart Beat: 72 times in a minute
Master Gland: Pituitary
Number of Bone: 206
Number of Muscles: 640
Number of chromosomes: 46 or 23 pairs
Normal Blood Pressure: 80 to 120
Teeth: 32
The volume of Blood: About 7 liters in a normal body or about 7% of the total body weight.
Largest; Part of human Brain: Cerebrum