DISEASE PROCESS Flashcards
Disturbance of structure or function due to failure to adapt.
Disease
Being diseased
Morbidity
Proportion of diseased in the community
Morbidity Rate
Relationship of disease and the environment
Ecology
Distribution or patterns of disease and health in a community.
Epidemiology
Degree of resistance that the potential host has.
Susceptibility
Possesses the potential to cause disease or injury.
Etiologic Agent
Power or ability of the pathogens to invade or cause disease.
Virulence
Study of Symptoms
Symptomatology
Experienced by the patient (subjective)
Symptoms
Objective findings which has physical manifestations or observed through special examinations.
Signs
Set of symptoms describing a disease.
Syndrome
Deals with the cause, nature, treatment, and resultant structural and functional changes of disease.
Pathology
Origin and development of the disease from inception.
Pathogenesis
Determining the main nature of the disease.
Diagnosis
Follows the normal course of the disease
Sequela
Occurs during or after the course of the disease not normal.
Complication
Prediction of the course of disease with medical opinion of the disease process.
Prognosis
Restoration to pre-illness state
Recovery
Transmitted to the offspring
Hereditary
Defect of development, present at birth may be hereditary
Congenital
Disturbance or abnormality in the metabolic process
Metabolic
Inadequacy of intake or absorption of important dietary factors.
Deficiency
Due to injury
Traumatic
Abnormal response to physical stimuli
Allergic
Abnormal and uncontrolled growth.
Neoplastic
Unknown or spontaneous origin
Idiopathic
Wear and tear or degenerates as time passes.
Degenerative
Disease that came from treating other disease.
Iatrogenic
Rapid onset, short duration
Acute
Slow onset, long duration
Chronic
Pronounced symptoms but prolonged than acute
Sub-acute
Changes in the normal structure of the body
Organic
Disease due to the mind
Psychological
No anatomical changes, from abnormal response to stimuli (Paralysis)
Functional