Intro to Patho

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Disease that causes body to deteriorate

degenerative disease

Disease that affects one metabolism through stomach and endocrine system

metabolic

Brings body closer to homestasis

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Treatment causes disease unintentionally

iatriogenic

Tendencies that tend to put one at risk for disease

predisposing factors

When something goes from compensatory mechanism to disease; beginning of disease

pathogenesis

Disease that happens a little bit over time

insidious disease

Chronic disease types

remission (better)
exacerbate (worse)

Remission chronic disease means

its better

Objective signs from patient; everyone can see them, can be measured

signs

Subjective sign from patient; cant be measured yourself

symptom

Clinical effects or evidence of disease

manifestations

How fast or slow the disease happens

onset

When one manages or cures a disease

treatment

Examples of primary prevention

washing hands and vaccines

Number one prevention of disease

vaccines

Annual exams and routine screening are examples

secondary prevention

Patient needs additional help or handicap to get back to normal

tertiary prevention

Rehab and physical therapy are examples of

tertiary prevention

How long one will have the disease; disease course

prognosis

Analysis of disease patterns, finding numbers and statistics

epidemiology

Refers to disease rates within a group

morbidity

Occur when there are increasing numbers of people with a certain disease within a specific group

epidemic

When an epidemic expands to a larger population

pandemic

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