Chapter 1: Pathology Terms Flashcards
is the study of disease
Pathology
their job is to monitor, tract and report trends in health and aging. These statically information is sent to the NCHS the National Center for Health Statistics Studying these trends help the public in general to get the information out to better improve their lives and health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
abnormal disturbance of the function or structure of the body
Disease
origin and development of disease Sequence of events that leads from cause to structural and functional abnormalities and finally to manifestation
Pathogenesis
Display of characteristic sign or symptoms of a disease (data) observable changes resulting from cellular changes in the disease process
Manifestations
patients perception of a disease it is subjective (headache, stomach pain, this list is put under patient history)
Symptom
is an objective manifestation that can be detected by a physician during an exam (fever, rash, and swelling) listed on the physical examination
Signs
group of signs and symptoms that characterizes a specific abnormal disturbance they occur together
Syndrome
when a disease process, does not produce symptoms in the early stages
Asymptomatic
the study of the cause of a disease, the why and how (viruses, bacteria, trauma)
Etiology
acquired from or within the health care environment the need for proper infection control practices would help limit this type of acquired disease
Nosocomial
this type of reaction are adverse responses that occur from the medical treatment themselves, Complications that arise from the medical practitioners (doctors, nurses, x-ray tech) it can be induced by attitude, treatment, or comments. It could such as a collapse lung from a line placement
Iatrogenic
a disease if unknown cause
Idiopathic
disease has a quick onset or lasting a relatively short period time
Acute
the opposite of acute it is a disease that presents slowly and over a long period of time
Chronic
name of the disease a patient is believed to have
Diagnosis
prediction of the course and the outcome of the disease, it can be based on both morbidity and mortality estimates
Prognosis
is the investigation of disease in large groups, the scientific study of the factors that influence the incidence, distribution and control of infectious diseases, the study of occurrence in human populations
Epidemiology
number of deaths caused by a particular disease per number of people in the population
Mortality Rate
incidence of illness in the population sufficient to interfere with an individual’s normal daily routine (the frequency of disability with a population / number of people in the population
Morbidity Rate
when a disease is highly prevalent to an area, it is an outbreak and rapid spread of a disease in a community, affecting many people at the same time
Epidemic
What are the 6 disease classifications?
Congenital and Hereditary
Inflammatory
Degenerative –retrogressive changes in the cell often leads to cell death
Metabolic
Traumatic
Neoplastic