General Pathology

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Epidemiology

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The study of occurrence, transmission, and distribution of a disease

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Pandemic

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Large numbers of people in several large regions, perhaps worldwid

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Diagnosis

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Identification of a specific disease or condition through physical signs or symptoms, med history, physical exam, or other procedures by a trained health care provider

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Prognosis

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The expected outcome of a condition and chances of recovery

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Chronic

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Term used to describe a condition or disease that is long lasting (more than 6 months) and less intense; insidious onset (gradual and subtle)

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Acute

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Term used to describe a condition that is short term (less than 6 months) and more intense

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Local

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Confined to specific part of body

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Systemic

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Affecting the whole body or blood

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Signs

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Observable (objective) abnormalities (fever, rash, bleeding)

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Symptoms

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Nonobservable (subjective) abnormalities that the patient complains of (aches, pains, fatigue)

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Syndrome

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Group of signs and symptoms with a common cause

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Trauma

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Physical, chemical, or radioactive damage to the body

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Infection

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Invasion of a pathogenic microorganism

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Degenerative

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The breakdown of body tissue caused by overuse or the body's natural aging process

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Autoimmunity

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Own immune system destroys its own tissue

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Stress-Related Illnesses

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Increased stress load or reduced ability to adapt, depleting energy and reserve capacity, can manifest itself as:

Cardiovascular problems, Hypertension, Digestive difficulties, Ulcers, Bowel syndromes, Sleep disorders, Endocrine dysfunction (adrenal, thyroid), Pain and fatigue syndromes, and PTSD

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Cancer

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Acute or chronic malignancies; massage=contraindicated unless supervised by medical personnel

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HIV/AIDS

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus caused by retrovirus that attached the T-lymphocytes. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

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Hepatitis

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Infection of liver caused by a virus transmitted through routes similar to HIV; Massage contraindicated in acute stage

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Addictions

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Can take many forms: food, drugs, alcohol, tobacco, exercise, pain, sex, crisis, or loss. Behavioral changes are necessary through counseling or rehab.

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Physical Abuse

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Mistreatment to another person: Beating, rape, neglect, molestation, misuse, exploitation, crime

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Emotional Abuse

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Verbal, criticism, or unrealistic expectations that affect the victim's self-worth

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Effects of abuse

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in state-dependent memory that can be triggered by a place, smell, music, taste, or other stimulus that brings back the form of abuse in scattered or vague ways

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Pathogens

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Biologic agent capable of causing disease (airborne, fluid-borne, direct contact)

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Agents of infection

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Virus, Bacteria, Fungi, Parasites, Prions

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Depression

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Decrease in vital functional activity and mood disturbances of emptiness, hopelessness, and melancholy with fatigue and pain syndromes

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Anxiety

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Uneasy feeling connected with sympathetic arousal.

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Grief

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Response to a loss of some kind and includes stimulation of the sympathetic autonomic nervous system to alarm, disbelief, anger, and guilt

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Eating disorders

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Involve mood disorders, physiologic response to food, and control issues

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Anorexia Nervosa

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Starving disorder

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Bulimia

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Binge eating and purging by vomiting, or misuse of laxatives

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Asymptomatic

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Occurring without symptoms (like some instances of Hypertension)

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Risk Factors

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Tendencies that promote disease development

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Disease

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Condition of abnormal function involving anatomic structures or body systems

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Pathology

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Study of disease

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Etiology

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Causative factors or origins of disease

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Idiopathic

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A disease that does not have a known cause

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Remission

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Period of partial or complete disappearance of disease signs and symptoms

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Exacerbation

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Flare-up/Relapses, an increase of signs and symptoms

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Complications

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Conditions that arise after onset of original disease

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Epidemic

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When a disease affects a significantly large number of people at the same time within a given region

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Morbidity

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Rate in which a disease occurs within a group or area

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Mortality

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Number of deaths resulting from a disease within a given time period

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Incidence

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Number of new cases in a particular population during a period

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Prevalence

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Number of existing cases (old and new) of a disease withing a specific population and time period

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Metabolic Disease

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Physiologic dysfunctions that disrupt the body's metabolism

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Incubation

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Time between exposure to pathogen and onset of symptoms