Massage Pathology Test 1

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Massage Therappy

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Is the manual and scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of the body for the purpose of establishing and maintaining good health and promoting wellness

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Hippocrates

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Father of Western medicine

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Pathophysiology

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Fundamental overview of pathology

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Disease

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Is a condition of abnormal function involving anatomic structures or body systems.

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Pathology

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Is the study of disease

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Diagnosis

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Identifies the disease

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Local Disease

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Affects only one area of the body

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Systemic Disease

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are distributed throughout the body rather than isolated to one area

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Acute Diseases

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Have abrupt onset of severe signs and symptoms that run a brief course (less than 6 months) and the resolve or, in some cases, bring death

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Chronic Disease

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Often has an insidious onset with gradual increase in signs and symptoms as the disease progresses

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Signs

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Are objective indicators of disease that are obvious to someone other than the affected individual

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Symptoms

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Are subjective feelings of which only the person experiencing them is aware

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Remissions

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Are periods when clinical manifestations disappear or diminish significantly

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Exacerbations

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Occur when clinical manifestations become worse or more severe

"Flare-ups" or "Relapses"

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Diagnosis

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Is a scientific evaluation of signs and symptoms, medical history, physical examination, laboratory tests, or other procedures that lead to identifying particular diseases

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Prognoses

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Is a prediction of how the disease will progress and the chances of recovery based on the person's condition and the usual course of the disease as observed in similar situations

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Etiology

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Causative factors or origins of the diseases

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Idipathic

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A disease that does not have a known cause

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Risk Factors

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Are the tendencies that promote disease development, often indication a higher risk for a particular disease but not certain disease development

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Complications

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Of disease are conditions that arise after onset of the original disease, such as a bacterial infection that occurs in a person who is weakened as result of a viral infection or a person who develops congestive heart failure after experiencing a heart attack (Myocardial infraction

Some of these are also called Secondary Diseases