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Explain in detail the following.
(a) Haemophilia
(b) Food poisoning
(c) Naru disease
(d) Anaemia
(e) Leprosy

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(a) Haemophilia: It is a hereditary disease. It’s genes are found in male sex chromosomes (x) and transfer from generation to generation by females.
Symptoms: In this disease bleeding do not stop even on a small injury, blood do not clots, death occur due to excess bleeding.
Treatment: by providing blood in time.
(b) Food poisoning : Micro organism through contaminated food
Symptoms: uneasyness, vomiting.
Cause: micro organism produce a poisonous substance in contaminated food which makes the food poisonous.
Precautions: Avoid contaminated food.
Treatment: Taking advice of doctor in time.
(c) Naru Bala (Guinea Worm): Spread through water.
Micro-organism- Cyclops enters in a healthy body through water.
Cause: Use of unclean water of well, pond or bavdi, drinking unfiltered water.
Symptoms: Scars on skin of legs or hand, female worms grow in muscles. Fever if worm is not taken out of the body then it releases the poisonous subtsance which convert into nodules.
Precautions: Drink filtered water or boiled water.
(d) Anaemia Cause:  Deficiency of iron element in body, deficiency of haemoglobin. Symptoms: complexion of face become white, body becomes weak, tiredness, giddiness, white blisters on tongue.
Precautions: Intake nutritive diet, sprouted grains, cereals, leafy vegetables, figs, beet root, brinjals, sesame till etc.
Treatment: Iron tablets.
(e) Leprosy: Spread through bacteria.
Cause: Continuous contact with patient.
Symptoms: Scars on skin, these scars have loss of sensation, no feeling occurs of injury, burning, pain in these scars. These organs do not work, fingers become deformed.
Precautions: Clothes and belongings of patient should be kept separate. Clothes should be washed with dettol.
Treatment: Surgery, vaccine, multi drug therapy, transplant of organ which damaged.

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