Question:

The disease, in which thick cough, stops the passage of throat and form a layer of mucous membrane, is called

Updated On: Jul 28, 2022
  • tuberculosis
  • tetanus
  • diphtheria
  • pertussis
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Diphtheria is an acute infectious disease caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae and its toxin. It primarily affect the membrane of the nose, throat or larynx and marked by formation of a gray - white pseudomembrane, with fever, pain and in the laryngeal form, aphonia and respiratory obstruction. Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculae and marked by formation of tubercles and causes necrosis in tissue of any organ. Tetanus is an acute, often fatal disease marked by tonic muscular spasm and hyper-reflexia, resulting in lockjaw, generalized muscle spasm, opisthotonus and seizures. It is caused by the neurotoxin. Pertussis is whooping cough.
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