Chapter 13 – Why Do We Fall Ill?
Home 1. State any two conditions essential for good health. Solution: Good economic condition and earnings Social environment 2. State any two conditions essential for being free of disease. Solution: Living in a healthy and hygienic environment. Getting vaccination against infectious disease whenever required. 3. Are the answers to the above questions necessarily the same or different? Why? Solution: The answers to the above questions are different because a person may be free of disease but not be good mentally, socially and economically. In-Text Questions 13.2.5 1. List any three reasons why you would think that you are sick and ought to see a doctor. If only one of these symptoms were present, would you still go to the doctor? Why or why not? Solution: (a). Headache, fever (b). Muscle pain (c). Dysentery Usually, we do not visit a doctor if any one of the symptoms is observed as it does not affect the general health of the ability to work. But, if these symptoms are seen for a...