Question: Diabetes occurs when the pancreas produces too much insulin.: Answer: One type of diabetes happens when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin.

Question: Diabetes insipidus is a very common disease.: Answer: Diabetes insipidus is a rare disease linked to a hormone called vasopressin. When the body does not make vasopressin or cannot use it, the kidneys produce too much urine.

Question: Children cannot get arthritis.: Answer: Arthritis most often strikes older people, but children and younger adults can get it, too.

Question: There are only three types of arthritis.: Answer: There are more than 100 different types of arthritis, with two of the most common being osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Question: Arthritis can be cured.: Answer: While its symptoms can be treated, there is no cure for arthritis.

Question: Malaria is always lethal.: Answer: Most malaria patients recover. Still, at least one million people, mostly children under the age of five years in sub-Saharan Africa, die from malaria each year.

Question: Symptoms of malaria appear immediately on infection.: Answer: Most patients start having symptoms between one week and one month after a bite from an infected mosquito. Symptoms include fever, chills, and headache.

Question: Some amoebas are harmful to humans.: Answer: Many species of amoeba are harmful to humans. Among the best known is Entamoeba histolytica, which causes amebic dysentery, a malady that can cause death.

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Diabetes, Malaria, Arthritis: Fact or Fiction?

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