Concepts of Health, wellness and illness

Question 1

Definition

Health

Answer 1

presence or absence of disease

Question 2

Definition

Health

BY WHO

Answer 2

state of complete physical, mental and social well being

Question 3

Definition

Wellness

Answer 3

is an active process by which an individual progresses towards maximum potential possible, regardless of current state of health

Question 4

Definition

Illness

Answer 4

Highly personal state where the person’s emotional, intellectual, social, developmental or spiritual functioning is diminished

Question 5

Acute illness

Answer 5

• rapid onset
• intense manifestations
• relatively short duration

Question 6

Chronic illness

Answer 6

• gradual onset
• lifelong changes
• usually irreversible

Question 7

Disease

Answer 7

an alteration in body functions resulting in a reduction of capacities or shortening of the normal life span

Question 8

Health beliefs

Answer 8

concepts about health that an individual believes

Question 9

Health status

Answer 9

present condition of the patient

Question 10

Health behavior

Answer 10

the actions that people tale to understand their health state, maintain an optimal level of health, prevent illness and injury and reach their maximum physical and mental health potential

Question 11

Morbidity

Answer 11

The condition of being diseased

Question 12

Morbidity rate

Answer 12

condition or quality of being subject to death

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Epidemiology

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the study of health and disease pattern as well as its occurrence and distribution in order to control and prevent disease

Question 14

Susceptibility

Answer 14

the degree of resistance the potential host has against the pathogen

Question 15

Etiologic agent

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One that posses the potential for producing injury or disease

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Virulence

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Described the degree or level of pathogenicity of a particular microorganism and its ability to kill pathogens by releasing toxins

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Pathology

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The branch of medicine which deals with the cause, nature, treatment and resultant structural and functional changes of disease

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Sign

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an objective data or objective evidence or physical manifestation made apparent by special methods of examination or use of senses

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Symptom

Answer 19

any disorder of appearance, sensation, or function experienced by the patient indicates a particular phase of the disease

Question 20

Syndrome

Answer 20

A group of signs & symptoms which when considered together, characterize a
diseases.

Question 21

Pathogenesis

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Describes how a disease originates and develops, including the order of events, particularly from its inception until the development of characteristic lesion or disease

Question 22

Diagnosis

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the process of identifying or detecting the nature of a disease by recognizing manifestations exhibited and by undergoing laboratory test/procedures.

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Prognosis

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Prediction of course and end of the disease, medical opinion to the outcome of the disease process.

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Recovery

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Implies that a person has no observable or known after-effects from his illness

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Risk Factors

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refers to condition or a factor that icnreases the tendency or probability of a person having a disease or being ill

Question 26

Chronic Illness

Remission

Answer 26

period during which the disease is controlled and symptoms are not obvious

Question 27

Chronic Illness

Exacerbation

Answer 27

presence of signs and symptoms