VMMC VMMC Medical Solved Paper-2015

  • question_answer
    Anti malarial drugs and sulphonamides can produce

    A) thalassemia

    B) G-6-PD deficiency anaemia

    C) sickle-cell anaemia

    D) All of the above

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Antimalarial durgs cause G-6 PD deficiency in RBCs. This causes decrease in Glucose-6 phosphate in RBC: This compound is required for the normal life cycle of malarial parasitic and hence, the malarial parasite fails to thrive in the RBCs.


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