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condition has a rapid onset, a severe course, and a relatively short duration.
connotes an illness that is of short duration rapidly progressive, and in need of urgent care.
example: Heart attack
Acute
Condition is of long duration. Although such diseases can be controlled, they are rarely cured.
examples(s): arthritis, asthma, diabetes
Chronic
Is subjective evidence of a disease, such as pain or a headache. Subjective means that it can be evaluated or measured only by the patient.
Symptom
Is a objective evidence of disease, such as a fever. Objective means the sign can be evaluated or measured by the patient or others.
Example(s): a skin rash or lumps that may indicates that you are having a sign of an allergy reactions.
Sign
The process of identifying a disease, a condition, or an injury from its signs and symptoms.
Example(s): a health history, physical exam, and tests.
Diagnosis
Prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease; the chances of recovery or recurrence after treatment of a disease.
Example: Lung cancer is an example where the “prognosis” of the disease may not be very accurate.
Prognosis
It means affecting the entire body rather than a single organ or a body part.
Example(s): high blood pressure (systemic disorders), and flu (systemic disease) that affects the entire body.
Systemic
This means having reference or confined to a limited part; not general or systemic. Restricted to or pertaining to one spot of the body.
Example(s): inflammation to a one part, swelling of a body part
Local
It is the tempo, partial, or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without having achieved a cure.
Example(s): a tumor in your breast and it shrank from successful treatment; graves’ disease (affects your thyroid)
Remission
Also known as “rule out”, is an attempt to determine which one of several possible diseases is causing the signs and symptoms that are present.
Differential Diagnosis
Is a disease, structure, operation, or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first.
Eponym
Is a set of signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process.
Syndrome
Is a word formed from the initial letter of the major parts of a compound term.
Example: the word Laser stands for “light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation”.
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