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Predisposing Factors to Disease - 1) Heredity 2) Age 3) Gender 4) External Environment 5) Lifestyle Hereditary Diseases - -Monogenic -Autosomal Recessive/ Dominant -X or Sex-Linked Inflammation - Bodies immunologic response to tissue damage Infection - Invasion and multiplication of pathogenic microorganisms Trauma - -An injury or wound caused by external force or violence to the head, chest, abdominopelvic region, neck/spine, or extremities -Leading cause of death in u.s. for people under 35 -5th leading cause of death in the u.s. for all ages Neoplasia - A new and abnormal formation of tissue, often called a tumor Benign - Tumor that does not spread Malignant - Tumor (cancer) that spreads to other cells, tissues, and body parts Nosocomial - Disease acquired in hospital or healthcare facilityIatrogenic - Disease acquired due to an error made by healthcare provider Idiopathic - Unknown cause of disease Sequela - Result of a prior disease or injury Hippocrates - Father of western medicine (400-460 BC) Integrative Medicine - Blends conventional and nonconventional therapies Alternative Medicine - Unconventional medicine Examples of Alternative Medicine - -Ayurveda -Traditional Chinese Medicine -Acupuncture -Homeopathy -Naturopathy -Bioenergetic Therapies -Diet & Nutrition -Herbal Medicine -Manual Healing: Osteopathy, Chiropractic Massage -Mind-Body Medicine Types of Pain - -Acute -Chronic: Nociceptive, Neuropathic -Angina -Breakthrough-Psychogenic -Phantom Limb -Malignant PAIN Acronym - Place Amount Interactions Neutralizers Gate Control Theory of Pain - -Pain is a balance of information traveling into the spinal cord between the large & small pain fibers -P.D. Wall and ronald melzack -with pain stimulation, small nerve fibers are active; activating the t-cell neurons but block the sg neuron, making it impossible for the sg to block the t cell transmission to the brain Medications for Pain - -Nonprescription Drug Therapy -PCA Pump (Patient Controlled Analgesia) -Prescription Drug Therapy Complementary Therapies Used in Pain Management - -Biofeedback -Relaxation -Humor/ Laughter -Play -Imagery -Hypnosis -Massage -TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) -Music -Acupuncture-Aromatherapy -Therapeutic Touch -Reiki -Yoga -Tai Chi Infectious Disease - Caused by a microorganism that can transfer to new individual