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Pathophysiology cellular and organ changes that occur with disease and affect
body function


Patho Greek for suffering or disease


Etiology Cause of disease can include:
biologic, physical, chemical, genetic, nutritional, idiopathic


Categories of etoiology Extrinsic vs. intrinsic
Congenital vs. acquired


Manifestations Changes in life processes that can be observed


Symptoms Subjective can only be reported by the patient


Signs Objective manifestations viewed by the clinician


Pathogenesis Origin of disease

, Acute Comes quick, short pre-clinical


Chronic Long pre-clinical and slow to develop


Subclinical Stays below the radar


Morality Death rate portrayed as a percentage


Morbidity Disability rate


Sequelae Results from disease, direct, predictable effects


Complications Preventable results from disease


Primary prevention actions taken to prevent disease i.e. immunizations


Secondary prevention Trying to catch a disease in the pre-clincal stage i.e. cancer
screening


Tertiary prevention Rehabilitation


Preclinical When changes are happening


Incidence New cases of the disease per year


Prevalence Percent of the population affected by the disease


Cell stress Change in the environment


Atrophy Cells shrink, can still contract


Causes of atrophy Disuse, denervation, lack of endocrine stimulation, decreased
nutrition, lack of blood/oxygen


Hypertrophy Increase in cell size


Physiologic causes of hypertrophy Increased work demands on cells i.e. skeletal muscles lifting
weights


Pathologic causes of hypertrophy Adaptive (myocardial) or compensatory (kidney enlargement
after the other is removed)


Hyperplasia Increase in the number of cells (only possible in cells that
undergo mitosis)


Pathologic hyperplasia Wart or tumor


Physiologic hyperplasia puberty


Metaplasia Change in type of cells caused by irritation i.e. smoking
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Dysplasia Disorganized cell growth, strong predictor of cancer

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