AIAPGET Cause of Diseases MCQ Practice

The first three are examples of recognizable exciting or maintaining causes. Phthisis after chest injury is not classed as causa occasionalis in this examination context.

A proximate cause is the immediate or direct cause closest to the resulting effect.

All three are classical examples of an obvious exciting or maintaining cause that should be removed when it is the direct obstacle to recovery.

Aphorism 93 describes an obvious cause that may be disclosed only after tactful and private questioning, particularly when the cause is embarrassing to the patient.