Diseases Flashcards
Disease from birth
Congential
Types of congential diseases
Inherited (Taysach’s, sickle cell, hemophilia-handed down through the genome
Teratogen-effects embroyonic development (affects genome of baby)
Mutagen-effects parential DNA which effects future generation (chemicals, radiation)
New growth, such a a tumor
Neoplasm
Something that is not living and affecting your body
Environmental
Hormonal in nature
Endocrine-includes diabetes, hypo/hyper thyroidism, adrenal insufficiency
Obstruction of a hollow organ
Obstructive-artherosclerosis, kidney stones, gallstones, bowel obstruction, obstructed airway
Progressive disease
Degenerative-Alzheimer’s, Parkinsons, MS, ALS, arthritis
Unknown, obscure causation
Idiopathetic-epilepsy (though not all seizures are idiopathetic
Types of diseases 1-8
Infectious Congenitial Neoplasm Environmental Endocrine Obstructive Degenerative Idiopathetic
Sick versus not sick
Acute versus subacute
Onset
Chronic versus acute versus episodic
In regards to onset, a persistent problem that is exacerbated
Chronic
In regards to onset, a sudden onset
Acute