QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Infection. Answer: invasion of pathogen or parasite that lead to
disease
◉ evidence for infection come from. Answer: signs and symptoms
◉ signs. Answer: things that can be directly measured by clinician
◉ symptoms. Answer: things felt by the patient that cannot be clinically
measured
◉ Syndrome. Answer: groups of signs & symptoms that help direct
towards diagnosis/indicate a particular disease
◉ Some patients are asymptomatic/subclinical, this means? Answer:
only signs can be observed thru correct testing
-patient w herpes & no symptoms
◉ cyto-. Answer: cell
, ◉ hepat-. Answer: of the liver
◉ -pathy. Answer: disease
◉ -emia. Answer: of the blood
◉ -itis. Answer: inflammation
◉ -lysis. Answer: destruction
◉ -oma. Answer: tumor
◉ -osis. Answer: diseased or abnormal condition
◉ -derma. Answer: of the skin
◉ WHO's International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is used globally
to. Answer: classify and monitor diseases
◉ Diseases can be. Answer: Infectious, Non-Infectious, Communicable,
Non-communicable, Iatrogenic, Nosocomial, Zoonotic