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PATHOLOGY
STUDY OF DISEASE PROCESSES
DISEASE
PATTERN OF RESPONSE TO SOME FORM OF INJURY THAT CAUSES A DEVIATION FROM NORMAL
ETILOGY
STUDY OF THE CAUSE
PATHOGENESIS
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS THAT LEAD FROM THE START OF DISEASE
DIAGNOSIS
DETERMING WHAT DISEASE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS BELIEVED TO HAVE
PROGNOSIS
PREDICTED COURSE OF THE DISEASE AND ITS RECOVERY;
OUTCOME
MANIFESTATIONS
THE OBSERVED CHANGES IN PATIENT
3 PARTS OF MANIFESTATIONS
1. SYMPTOM: WHAT PT FEELS
2. SIGNS: SCRAPES, SWELLING...
3. SYNDROME: CLUSTER OF (EVERYTHING) FINDINGS THAT GIVE ABNORMAL RESULTS
SUBLETHAL DISEASE
DEGENERATIVE
EX. ANGINA
NECROSIS DISEASE
DEATH OF A CELL
EX. STROKE
CONGENITAL
PRESENT AT BIRTH
HEREDITARY
PREDISPOSED TO
EX. DIABETES, HI BP
HYPERPLASIA
CHANGE IN # OF CELLS
HYPERTROPHY
CHANGE IN SIZE OF CELLS
NEOPLASM
CANCER; CAUSES CELLS TO MULTIPLY BUT DON'T STOP GROWING
ALSO CAUSED BY STEROIDS
CAUSES OF DISEASES (5)
EXOGENOUS IATROGENIC
ENDOGENOUS NOSOCOMIAL
IDIOPATHIC
IDIOPATHIC
UNKNOWN
IATROGENIC
DISEASE THAT RESULTS FROM MEDICAL TREATMENT
NOSOCOMIAL
HOPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTION

BLADDER INFECTION, MRSA
DISEASE CLASSIFICATION (5)
GENETIC / DEVELOPMENTAL
ACQUIRED / INFLAMMATORY
ALTERED CELL GROWTH
TOP 3 LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN US AND TX
1. HEART DISEASE
2. CANCER
3. STROKE
PREDISPOSING CAUSES OF DISEASES
AGE, SEX, LIVING CONDITIONS, OCCUPATIONAL, PHYSICAL EXPOSURE, PRE-EXISTING DISEASES, PSYCHOGENIC INFLUENCES
FUNDAMENTAL TISSUES
GENETIC
SOMATIC
GENETIC TISSUE
USED IN REPRODUCTION
CHROMOSONES
SOMATIC TISSUE
ALL OTHER TISSUE
EPITHELIAL, CONNECTIVE
MUSCLE, NERVOUS
EVENTS IN INFLAMMATION
ALTERED VASCULAR PERMEABILITY
LEUKOCYTES FIGHT INFECTION
PHAGOCYTOSIS & ENZYMIC DIGEST.
REPAIR
REPAIR 2 TYPES
REGENERATION: LIKE NEW
GRANULATION TISSUE: SCAR TISSUE
HYPOXIA
DECREASED VASCULAR FLOW
ISCHEMIA
INTERFERENCE TH VASCULAR FLOW
APOXIA
COMPLETELY STOPPED VASCULAR FLOW
THROMBUS
BLOOD CLOT: ADHERED OR STUCK TO ARTERY WALL
EMBOLI
THROMBUS THAT BREAKS FREE
MOVING
GANGRENE
TISSUE IS DYING
HEMORRHAGE
RUPTURE OF A BLOOD VESSEL IN OR OUTSIDE BODY
HEMATOMA
ACCUMALATION OF BLOOD
INSIDE BODY
DOMINANT TRAITS
ONLY ONE PARENT MUST HAVE TRAIT: CLEFT PALLET
RECESSIVE TRAITS
BOTH PARENTS MUST HAVE TRAIT
PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII
%? , SPEED?, FORM OF ?,
LOOKS LIKE?
60% OF AIDS PT
RAPID; DAYS TILL DEATH
PNEUMONIA
PATCHY OPACITIES IN ALVEOLI
CRYPTOCCAL ABCESS
(CHEERIO) MASS DEVELOPED IN BRAIN
KAPOSI SARCOMA
AFFECTS ?
DEFINITION
LOOKS LIKE?
AFFECTS SKIN OR EPITHELIAL TIS
HEMORRHAGIC (BLEEDING) DERMAITITS
NODULES PROTRUDE INTO LUMEN OF BOWEL