Question

What are the deficiency diseases? Name three deficiency diseases and also write their causes and Symptoms.​

Answer 1

Deficiency diseases

Deficiency diseases are the reason of abnormal functions of body.

The three deficiency diseases are:-

• Chickenpox
• Common Cold
• Marasmus

Their causes are:-

• Chickenpox- Red rashes and dots on body.
• Common cold- Sneezing and coughing.
• Marasmus- Thin limbs and thin ribcage.

Their symptoms are:-

• Chickenpox- Itching
• Common cold- Some coughing and watering of nose.
• Marasmus- Being thin.

Answer 2

Answer:

What are the deficiency diseases?

Answer – Diseases that occur due to lack of nutrients over a long period are called deficiency diseases. Examples are – Scurvy, Night blindness, Rickets, Beriberi, Goiter, Anaemia.

Name of tree deficiency disease

1.anemia

2.night blindness

3.Beriberi

1.anemia symptoms:

fatigue

weakness

pale of yellowish skin

irregular heartbeat

2.beriberi symptoms:

confusion

hallucinations

psychosis

3. night blindness symptoms:

blurry vision when driving in a dark

excessive squinting at night

trouble adjusting from brite areas to darker ones