Disease and Illness

Question 1

Pathology

Answer 1

The scientific study of disease, a medical specialty concerned with diagnosis.

Question 2

Ethology

Answer 2

Cause

Question 3

Pathogenesis

Answer 3

Development

Question 4

Histopathology

Answer 4

Structural Alterations, how fabric are organized in disease

Question 5

Etiopathogenesis

Answer 5

Cause and development of disease

Question 6

Pathophysiology

Answer 6

Functional Alterations

Question 7

Diagnosis

Answer 7

Identification

Question 8

Prognosis

Answer 8

Expectations

Question 9

Prevention

Answer 9

Lab is involved in it!! Created stain for pap smears, etc! Detect it early!

Question 10

Precision Medicine

Answer 10

Healthcare being tailored to the individual patient

Question 11

Stages of Pathology in History

Answer 11

Pre biological: people dying of plague… have disease because you sinned!
Anatomical: What was actually going on in bodies?
Cellular Pathology: Looked at cells in microscope to learn about disease.
Molecular Pathology: Looking at molecules to find disease, ex. Blots!

Question 12

Disease vs Illness

Answer 12

Disease is a biological concept… ex… has a virus! tissues organs, or bodies get disease! Illness is questions/concerns patient will have… ex. how will it affect my life? People get illnesses. Not just the biology.. but all the other stuff!

Question 13

7 Mechanisms which operate in human disease?

Answer 13

1. Blood vessel and blood perfusion diseases (ex. stroke)
2. Inflammatory diseases (swelling)
3. Infectious diseases
4. Immunologic disease(arthritis)
5. Neoplasms and growth disorders(tumour)
6. Genetic Diseases
7. Environmental disease.