Active Immunity and Passive Immunity

Active Immunity

Passive Immunity

It is developed by contact with pathogens or antigens.

It is developed when readymade antibodies are inserted or injected in the body by vaccination.

It shows no side-effect.

It shows some reactions.

It is slow but has long-lasting effects.

It is fast but has short-term effects.

NCERT Notes on Class 12 Biology Chapter 7 – Human Health and Disease

NCERT Chapter 7 of Class 12 Notes on Human Health and Disease: According to the World Health Organisation, health can be defined as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity. Good health has many benefits like it helps to keep us happy. Our skin, teeth, and eyes remain healthy, support muscles, enhance immunity, strengthen bones, and lower the risk of heart ailments, diabetes, and some cancers. It also supports healthy pregnancies and breastfeeding among women. 

NCERT Notes on Chapter 7 Human Health and Disease: On the other hand, disease is any undesirable change in our body that may keep us disturbed whether it is physical, mental, or social. Our body can undergo a number of changes like any of the organs can stop functioning in a proper way which can also be associated with some other signs and symptoms. In plants and animals, the disease can also be occurred by pathogens, i.e. disease-causing organisms such as fungi, bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and certain types of invertebrates like tapeworms, wuchereria. Unhygienic surroundings, nutritional deficiencies, and unhealthy lifestyles also cause diseases.

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Diseases Caused by Helminthes

Name of the Pathogens Diseases Caused Affected Body Part Symptoms Modes of Transmission Ascaris (roundworm) and Wuchereria (filarial worm) Ascariasis Intestine in the human body and contaminate soil, water, and plants Internal bleeding, muscular pain, fever, anemia, and blockage of the intestinal pathway. Contaminated water, vegetables, and fruits. Wucheria bancrofti and Wucheria malayi Chronic inflammation in the organsElephantiasis or filariasis Lymphatic vessels of the lower limbs, genital organs Swelling in the pelvic region By the bite of a female mosquito vectors...

Diseases Caused by Fungi

Name of the Pathogens Disease Caused Affected Body Part Symptoms Modes of Transmission Microsporum, Trichophyton, and Epidermophyton Ringworms Skin, nails, and scalp Itching because of the dry and scaly lesions on the skin, nails, and scalp Contaminated soil, wet and moist towels or fabrics, or comb...

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Active Immunity and Passive Immunity

Active Immunity Passive Immunity It is developed by contact with pathogens or antigens. It is developed when readymade antibodies are inserted or injected in the body by vaccination. It shows no side-effect. It shows some reactions. It is slow but has long-lasting effects. It is fast but has short-term effects....

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Autoimmunity

It is a condition in which the body’s immune system mistakes its own body tissues for foreign agents and starts attacking them. Autoimmune diseases cause inflammation which affects many parts of the body. Examples of such diseases are rheumatoid arthritis (attacks joints) and type 1 diabetes. In type 1 diabetes, the immune system starts destroying Islets of Langerhans, the cells in the pancreas which produce insulin hormone....

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