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A health worker advises the people in a locality not to have tattooing done using common needles and to insist the barber to change the shaving razors/ blades in the salon. Name the dreadful disease, the spreading of which, can be prevented by following these measures. Also mention other preventive measures that can be taken with regard to this disease.

Using common needle may infected with HIV can transmitted (pass) it to the healthy person causing Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Hence, avoid tattooing using a common needle.


The other preventives measures can be taken to prevent transmission of HIV:


a. Safe sex practices


b. Screening of blood for HIV before giving blood to the patient.


c. Usage of disposable syringes in the hospitals.


d. Avoid sharing the razors and blades in the salon


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Match the following:























List I (Disease)



List II ( Symptoms)



A. Amoebiasis



I) Chills and high fever recurring for 3 to 4 days



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II) Patches on skin and nails with itching sensation



C. Ringworm



III) Abdominal pain with blood and mucus in stools



D. Malaria



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i) cholera ii) typhoid


iii) tuberculosis iv) leprosy v) syphilis


vi) gonorrhoea vii) pneumonia


viii) common cold ix) amoebic dysentery x) AIDS