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WCU PATHO FINAL PARK CH 1,2,4,7
Study Guide.
Pathophysiology - Answers✔The study of how the body functions in the disease state
Etiology - Answers✔Study of causes or reasons for a particular disease or injury
Name two classifications of etiology - Answers✔Idiopathic = cause is unknown
Iatrogenic = cause results from unintended or unwanted medical treatment
Pathogenesis - Answers✔Development or evolution of disease
What are clinical manifestations - Answers✔Signs = objective (measured)
Symptoms = subjective (feeling)
What are the stages and clinical courses - Answers✔Latent period
Prodromal
Acute phase
Acute clinical course
Exacerbation
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Remission
Convalescence
Describe latent period - Answers✔Time between exposure of tissue to injurious agent and first
appearance of S&S
Period during illness when S&S temporarily become mild, silent, disappears
Describe prodromal period - Answers✔Time during which S&S fist appear
Onset of disease, first starting to feel bad
Describe acute period - Answers✔Disease/illness reaches its full intensity
At your worse
Describe acute clinical course - Answers✔Short lived; may have severe manifestations
Describe chronic clinical course - Answers✔May last months to years, sometimes following an
acute course
Describe exacerbation - Answers✔A sudden increase in severity of disease or S&S
Describe remission - Answers✔Decrease in severity, signs, or symptoms; maybe indicate
disease is cured
Describe convalescence - Answers✔Stage of recovery after a disease, injury, or surgical
procedure
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Treatment Implications - Answers✔Understanding the etiology, pathogenesis, and clinical
consequences of a particular disorder/disease/illness may determine which treatments could
be helpful
What is the underlying cause
What are some individual factors that contribute to health and disease - Answers✔Cultural -
each culture defines health and illness in a manner that reflects their experience
Age - a normal value at one age may not be normal at another age
Gender - a normal value for men may not be normal for women or vise versa
Situational - determine whether a derivation from normal is abnormal or an adaption
mechanism
Time - May impact how the body responds from day to night or at varying times
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WCU PATHO FINAL PARK CH 1,2,4,7
Study Guide.
Pathophysiology - Answers✔The study of how the body functions in the disease state
Etiology - Answers✔Study of causes or reasons for a particular disease or injury
Name two classifications of etiology - Answers✔Idiopathic = cause is unknown
Iatrogenic = cause results from unintended or unwanted medical treatment
Pathogenesis - Answers✔Development or evolution of disease
What are clinical manifestations - Answers✔Signs = objective (measured)
Symptoms = subjective (feeling)
What are the stages and clinical courses - Answers✔Latent period
Prodromal
Acute phase
Acute clinical course
Exacerbation
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Remission
Convalescence
Describe latent period - Answers✔Time between exposure of tissue to injurious agent and first
appearance of S&S
Period during illness when S&S temporarily become mild, silent, disappears
Describe prodromal period - Answers✔Time during which S&S fist appear
Onset of disease, first starting to feel bad
Describe acute period - Answers✔Disease/illness reaches its full intensity
At your worse
Describe acute clinical course - Answers✔Short lived; may have severe manifestations
Describe chronic clinical course - Answers✔May last months to years, sometimes following an
acute course
Describe exacerbation - Answers✔A sudden increase in severity of disease or S&S
Describe remission - Answers✔Decrease in severity, signs, or symptoms; maybe indicate
disease is cured
Describe convalescence - Answers✔Stage of recovery after a disease, injury, or surgical
procedure
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Treatment Implications - Answers✔Understanding the etiology, pathogenesis, and clinical
consequences of a particular disorder/disease/illness may determine which treatments could
be helpful
What is the underlying cause
What are some individual factors that contribute to health and disease - Answers✔Cultural -
each culture defines health and illness in a manner that reflects their experience
Age - a normal value at one age may not be normal at another age
Gender - a normal value for men may not be normal for women or vise versa
Situational - determine whether a derivation from normal is abnormal or an adaption
mechanism
Time - May impact how the body responds from day to night or at varying times
3|Page
