Chapter 1 Intro To Patho

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Health

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Physical, mental and social well-being

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Disease

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Deviation from the normal state of homeostasis

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Health indicators

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Normal values occur within a range of values and may vary depending on technology used to measure as well as age, gender, genetics, environment and activity level.

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Pathophysiology

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-Functional (physiological) changes in the body as a result from disease.

-Includes aspects of pathology, which describes structural changes in body tissues caused by disease.

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Disease prevention

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Primary focus in health care

-maintaining routine vaccination programs

-participating in screening programs

-community health programs

-regular routine doctor visits

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Gross level

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Organ or system level

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Microscopic level

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Cellular level

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Biopsy

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Excision of small amounts of living tissue

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Autopsy

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Examination of the body and organs after death

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Diagnosis

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Identification of a specific disease

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Cause

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Causative factors in a particular disease

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Predisposing factors

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Tendencies that promote development of a disease in an individual

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Pathogenesis

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Development of the disease

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Acute disease

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Develops quickly, marked signs, short term

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Chronic disease

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Often milder, develops gradually, persists for a long period of time

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Subclinical state

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Pathological changes, no obvious manifestations

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Latent state

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No symptoms or clinical signs of evidence

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Incubation period

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Time of exposure to a microorganism and onset of signs and symptoms

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Prodromal period

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Early development of a disease signs are nonspecific or absent

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Manifestations

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Signs and symptoms of disease

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Syndrome

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Collection of signs and symptoms, often affects more then one organ.

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Remissions

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Manifestations of the disease subside or a absent

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Precipitating factor

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Condition that triggers an acute episode

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Complications

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New secondary or additional problems

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Therapy

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Treatment measures to promote recovery or slow the progress of a disease

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Convalescence

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Period of recovery

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Prognosis

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Probability for recovery or for other outcomes

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Rehabilitation

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Maximizing function of diseased tissue

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Epidemiology

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Science of identifying the causative factors and tracking the pattern of occurrence of disease

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Morbidity

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Indicates the number of people with a disease or within a group

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Mortality

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Indicates then number of deaths resulting from a particular disease within a group

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Epidemics

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Occur when a higher than expected number of cases of an infectious disease occur within a given area

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Pandemics

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Involve a higher number of cases in many regions of the globe

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Occurrence of disease

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Tracked by incidence and prevalence

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Epidemiology

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Science of identifying the causative factors and tracking the pattern of occurrence of disease

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Incidence

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Number of new cases in a given population within a specific time period

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Prevalence

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Number of new and old or existing cases in a specific population within a specified time period