Pathophysiology - week 1
Pathology - answerstudy and Diagnosis of disease through examination of organs,
tissues, cells and body fluids
Physiology - answerstudy of the function or origination of disease of mechanical,
physical and biochemical functions of living organisms
Pathyphysiology - answer-What is happening in the body that takes it out of
homeostasis
-Study of abnormalities in the physiologic functioning of living beings
-Based on common or classic presentation of disease in physiologic functioning of
humans
Etiology - answer-The study of the causes, or reason for phenomena
-What is the cause of the condition, or disease?
-Where did it come from?
-is it a pathogen, virus, bacteria, parasite?
-Identifies casual factors that act together to provoke a particular disease.
Idiopathic - answerunknown cause
Iatrogenic - answercause is the result of unintended or unwanted medical treatment
Pathogenesis - answerwhat is happening in the body to create symptom or sign,
clinical consequence of a particular disorder/disease, illness may determine which
treatment is helpful
Sign - answerwhat you can see - objective - fever on thermometer, vomit, xray, test
results, breathing rate
Symptoms - answersubjective- feeling abnormal in the body, what they patient is
feeling, what they tell the doc, nausea, headache
Syndrome - answeretiology of signs and symptoms has not yet been determined
Latent period - answer-time between exposure of tissue to injurious agent, and the
first appearance of signs/symptoms - incubation period in infectious disease
-refers to a period during a illness when signs/symptoms temporarily become mild,
silent or disappear
Prodomal - answertime during which first signs and symptoms appear indicating
onset of disease
Subclinical stage - answerpatient functions normally even though the disease is well
established.
-not every disease has a stage like this
, Acute clinical course - answershort lived, may have severe manifestation
Chronic clinical course - answermay last months to years, sometimes after a acute
course.
Exacerbation - answera sudden increase in severity of disease or signs and
symptoms, very severe
Remission - answerdecrease in severity, signs or symptoms, may indicate disease is
cured
Convalescence - answerstage of recovery after a disease or an injury or surgical
procedure
Sequela - answersubsequent pathologic condition resulting from an illness.
Epidemiology - answerstudy of the patterns of disease, involving populations,
examining the occurrence, incidence, prevalence, transmission and distribution of
disease in large groups of population/people - what the CDC does
Endemic disease - answernative to local region
Epidemic disease - answerspread to many at the same time
Pandemic disease - answerspread to large geographic region
Aggregate factors of epidemiology - answerage, ethnic group, gender,
socioeconomic factors, life style considerations, geographic location
Levels of prevention - answerprimary
Secondary
Tertiary
Primary prevention - answeraltering susceptibility, or reducing exposure
-Reduction of risk before occurrence of disease, condition or injury
- improved nutrition, sanitation, immunization programs, health education,
Secondary prevention - answerearly detection, and management of disease.
-Yearly physicals, routine screenings
Tertiary Prevention - answerrehabilitation, supportive care, reducing disability and
restoring effective functioning
Once a disease is established, falls into 2 categories - answer1. Medical - physical
therapy, radiation, drug, chemo therapies
2. Surgery
Neoplasms - answernew growth - implies abnormality of cellular
- tumor growth, used interchangeably with tumor
Pathology - answerstudy and Diagnosis of disease through examination of organs,
tissues, cells and body fluids
Physiology - answerstudy of the function or origination of disease of mechanical,
physical and biochemical functions of living organisms
Pathyphysiology - answer-What is happening in the body that takes it out of
homeostasis
-Study of abnormalities in the physiologic functioning of living beings
-Based on common or classic presentation of disease in physiologic functioning of
humans
Etiology - answer-The study of the causes, or reason for phenomena
-What is the cause of the condition, or disease?
-Where did it come from?
-is it a pathogen, virus, bacteria, parasite?
-Identifies casual factors that act together to provoke a particular disease.
Idiopathic - answerunknown cause
Iatrogenic - answercause is the result of unintended or unwanted medical treatment
Pathogenesis - answerwhat is happening in the body to create symptom or sign,
clinical consequence of a particular disorder/disease, illness may determine which
treatment is helpful
Sign - answerwhat you can see - objective - fever on thermometer, vomit, xray, test
results, breathing rate
Symptoms - answersubjective- feeling abnormal in the body, what they patient is
feeling, what they tell the doc, nausea, headache
Syndrome - answeretiology of signs and symptoms has not yet been determined
Latent period - answer-time between exposure of tissue to injurious agent, and the
first appearance of signs/symptoms - incubation period in infectious disease
-refers to a period during a illness when signs/symptoms temporarily become mild,
silent or disappear
Prodomal - answertime during which first signs and symptoms appear indicating
onset of disease
Subclinical stage - answerpatient functions normally even though the disease is well
established.
-not every disease has a stage like this
, Acute clinical course - answershort lived, may have severe manifestation
Chronic clinical course - answermay last months to years, sometimes after a acute
course.
Exacerbation - answera sudden increase in severity of disease or signs and
symptoms, very severe
Remission - answerdecrease in severity, signs or symptoms, may indicate disease is
cured
Convalescence - answerstage of recovery after a disease or an injury or surgical
procedure
Sequela - answersubsequent pathologic condition resulting from an illness.
Epidemiology - answerstudy of the patterns of disease, involving populations,
examining the occurrence, incidence, prevalence, transmission and distribution of
disease in large groups of population/people - what the CDC does
Endemic disease - answernative to local region
Epidemic disease - answerspread to many at the same time
Pandemic disease - answerspread to large geographic region
Aggregate factors of epidemiology - answerage, ethnic group, gender,
socioeconomic factors, life style considerations, geographic location
Levels of prevention - answerprimary
Secondary
Tertiary
Primary prevention - answeraltering susceptibility, or reducing exposure
-Reduction of risk before occurrence of disease, condition or injury
- improved nutrition, sanitation, immunization programs, health education,
Secondary prevention - answerearly detection, and management of disease.
-Yearly physicals, routine screenings
Tertiary Prevention - answerrehabilitation, supportive care, reducing disability and
restoring effective functioning
Once a disease is established, falls into 2 categories - answer1. Medical - physical
therapy, radiation, drug, chemo therapies
2. Surgery
Neoplasms - answernew growth - implies abnormality of cellular
- tumor growth, used interchangeably with tumor
