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A type of infectious disease which is contagious, or capable of being communicated or transmitted. Examples? |
Communicable disease Hiv, cholera, influenza |
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Refers to transmission of infectious agents from an infected individual to a susceptible contemporary |
Horizontal transmission-Ex. Vector borne, Airborne, Direct contact. |
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Organisms such as bacteria,protozoa, viruses, fungi, abnormal orinfectious prions or parasites that arecapable of producing disease. |
Pathogens |
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Refers to the ability of a pathogen to get into a susceptible host and cause disease. |
Invasiveness |
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The disease-evoking powerof a pathogen. Give example. |
Virulence-Ex. Capsule and Spore |
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Common mode of treatment against pathogens becauseof their toxicity to bacteria than thehuman body. |
Antibiotics- Ex. Penicillin |
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True or False: All communicable disease are infectious disease but not all infectious disease are communicable. |
True |
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These are poisons andconsequently kill pathogens. |
Toxin-Ex. Arsenic used to treat syphilis. |
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Relatively severe disorder withsudden onset and short durationof symptoms. |
Acute |
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Heart disease, cancer, mental illness and accidents |
Non Communicable Disease |
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Less severe but of continuousduration, lasting over long timeperiods if not a lifetime. |
Chronic |
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The science and study of the causes ofdisease and their mode of operation. |
Etiology |
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Refers to transmission of disease from anindividual to its offspring throughsperm, placenta, milk, or vaginal fluids. |
Vertical transmission |
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Involves the likelihood of a host to develop disease from an external agent. |
Stage of Susceptibility |
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Caused by the body reacting to aninvasion of or injury by a foreign objector substance. |
Allergies and inflammatory diseases |
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Refers to exposure and subsequentpathologic change that occurs beforethe onset of symptoms. |
Stage of Presymptomatic phase |
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Substance that cause allergicreaction. |
Allergen-Ex. (dust, pollen, peanuts) |
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Incubation Period |
(Infectious disease) |
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These are protein substances or globulins derived from B and T lymphocytes that originate in the bone marrow. |
Antibodies |
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Latency Period |
Non communicable chronic disease. Ex. Syphilis |
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Manifestation of signs and symptoms ofa particular disease. |
Stage of Clinical disease |
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Cause a lower level of mental, physical,or moral state than is normal oracceptable (part of aging process) |
Degenerative diseases - Ex. Arteriosclerosis, Arthritis and gout. |
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Also known as prognostic stage ofdisease (Good or Poor prognosis). |
Stage of Recovery/Disability/Death |
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Cause the dysfunction, poor function, ormalfunction of certain organs orphysiologic processes in the body,leading to disease states. |
Metabolic diseases - Ex. Diabetes and Goiter |
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It refers to a group of many diseaseswith one common characteristic:uncontrolled cell growth or the loss ofthe cell's ability to perform apoptosis. |
Cancer - (cell suicide) |
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Spread of malignant tumorto surrounding tissue of the body. |
Metastasis |
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This uncontrolled cell growth promotesthe formation of mass of tissue calledtumor (neoplasm). |
Cancer |
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Caused by genetic and familialtendencies as well as environmentalfactors that produce certain inbomabnormalities. |
Congenital or Herditary - Ex. Down syndrome, Hemophilia andHeart Disease at birth. |
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Tetanus |
Clostridium tetani |
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Legionnaires disease |
Legionella pneumophilia |
