NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Major Diseases and Medicines in Biology
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Diseases
- Cement Disease β Cytosillicosis.
- Hg β Minamata
- Phosphorous β Phossy Jaws
- Textile work us β Byssinosis
- PCBΥs workers β Yusho disease (Japan β 1968) β Swollen eyelids
- Espundia β Leishmania braziliensis β Mucus membrane
- Absence of single Lysosomal hydrolase β HurlerΥs disease
- Mononucleosis β Epstein Barr virus
- Blans β Farism β Premature RBS die (so no malaria)
- Ouch- Ouchβ Itai - Itai β Cadmium (Japan) β of bone, liver & Lungs
- Excess F βΎ Knock Knee disease or Skeletal fluorosis β Hardened joint
- Al β AlzheimerΥs disease (Al Deposition in brain)
- Gas bubble disease of fish β thermal pollution
- Cotton Dust β Pneumoconiosis β lung fibrosis β Byssinosis
- Aropecia β Efficiency of Vitamin B7 β Diencephalon
- Pompe disease β by the buildup of a complex sugar known glycogen in the bodyΥs cells. The accumulation of glycogen in certain organs and tissues, especially muscles, impairs their ability to function normally.
- Asbestos - asbestosis, lung cancer, mesothelioma
- Deficiency of vitamin E in poultry β Encephalomalacia
- Inositol β Υspectacle eye Condition in rat β Alopecia
Name of Organ & Infection
- Trachoma β eye
- Cholera β Stomach
- Rabies β Brain
- Diabetes β Pancreas
- Typhoid β Intestine
- Diphtheria β Throat
Genetic Disorder Disease
- DownΥs syndrome β 21 trisomy - mental retardation, short body, swelling of tongue, folds of eye
- Patan syndrome β 13 trisomy β infants are deaf, survrive less than 6 months.
- Edward syndrome β 18 trisomy β infantΥs smaller, elongated skill, malformed ear, receding chin, dislocated hips.
Medicines
- 6MP β mercaplopurine β leukemia
- Angina pectoris β nitroglycerin
- PAS β p-amino salicylicacid - TB
- Atoxyl β soda salt of arsanilic acid β sleeping sickness
- Levopoda β Parkinsonism 3 (3,4 -dihydroxyphenyl) L-alanine
- PGF22 β Uterine Contractions
- Aderaline β act on Ξ±1 Ξ±2 Ξ²1 Ξ²2 (not Ξ²3)
- Non aderaline β act on Ξ±1 Ξ±2 Ξ²1 Ξ²2 (not Ξ²3)
- Anti choline esterase β myasthenia gravis.
- Choline esterase reactivator β paralidomine β organophosphate
- Mycoplasama β resistant to penicillin
- Virus β resistant to tetracycline
- Zydowoden + AZT given for AIDS.
- Protein synthesis of bacteria & mitochondria β sensitive to chloramphenicol, streptomycin.
- Cytoplasmic protein synthesis is sensitive Cycloheximide
- 2-phenyl ethane-hypnotic
- Cytosine arabinoside β anticancer
- Ademine arabinoside β antiviral
- Bayer β 7602 for chagas disease
- Benzene & penicillin β Syphilis
- Benzyl benzoate β scabies
- Ovarian cancers β Vincristine
- E. gingivalis β Geramycin
- Tenia solium β aeranil, antigen, yomesen, ccl4, Nexylroesorcinal
- Amoebic dysentery β Hagyl, metrogyl, emetin, arsenic.
- Sleeping sickness β Bayer 205, pentamidine, lomidine, melarwopol
- Kala azar β antimony, gluconate.