5. Traumas and their consequences Flashcards
Absolute ‹-› relative cause of disease
- absolute - will def cause the disease
- relative - other predisposing factors are needed
Monocausal ‹-› pluricasual
one or many causes act at once?
Causa essentialis, causa auxillaris, causa occasionalis on example of enterotoxemia
- Causa essentialis (dominating) - Clostridium perfringens D (pathogen itself)
- Causa auxillaris (helping) - decreased motility of intestines
- Causa occasionalis (occasional) - overfeeding
Trauma — ?
Mechanical impact tat u=injures the body
Forms of the lesions caused by trauma?
- open wound (vulnus) Vs covered lesions
- superficial (excoriatio) vs deep (denudatio)
Forms of the wounds
Beagle syndrome
It is thought to be an autoimmune disorder in which the immune system attacks the blood vessels that go to the brain
Local effects of trauma
- lesions
- cell and tissue damage
- vital reaction
- port of entry !!!
General effects of trauma
- general effect of a local infection (tetanus, gas gangrene)
- blood loss
- embolism
- traumatic shock
Lesions in the tissues
Microscopic:
- fibrillary ruptures
Macroscopic
- rupture (ruptura)
- fracture (fractura)
- luxation (luxatio)
- fissure
- concussion (commotio)
Fracture (fractura)
- open (fr.aperta) or covered (fr.optecta)
- traumatic fracture -
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Luxation — ?
Dislocation of a bone from a joint