Diseases and Disorders Flashcards by vianey garcia

A cancerous lump or swelling in the testicle, a feeling of heaviness in the scrotum

Testicular Cancer

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Abnormal amount of body fat

Obesity

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Abnormal curvature of the spine

Scoliosis

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Abnormal loss of transparency of lens

Cataracts

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Abnormally high intraocular pressure due to a build-up of aqueous humor inside the ant chamber

Glaucoma

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Acute infectious disease due to toxin growing anaerobically at the site of injury.

Tetanus

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Acute infectious disease due to toxin growing anaerobically at the site of injury

Rubella

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Acute, contagious respirator infection characterized by sudden onset, fever,chills,headache

Influenza

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Acute, contagious, febrile disease characterized by inflammation of the paratid and salivary glands

Mumps

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Body is deficient of iron which impairs the body’s ability to make normal hemoglobin

Iron Deficiency Anemia

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Breaking a bone

Fractures

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Calculus or crystalline masses present in the pelvis of the kidney

Kidney Stones

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Cancer of the ovaries

Ovarian Cancer

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Cancer of the prostate, second most common cancer among men in the U.S

Prostate Cancer

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Cancer of the uterine cervix

Cervical/uterine cancer

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Cancer of the bronchial tree

Lung Caner

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Chronic disease of middle aged persons with elongation and enlargement of ones and exremeties

Acromegaly

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Chronic disease of weight bearing joints; destruction of articular cartilage, bone spurs, impairment

Osteoarthritis

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Chronic disorder of carbohydrate metabolism with hyperglycemia and glucose; deficient insulin

Diabetes mellitus

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Chronic disease of the liver characterized by formation of desne connective tissue in hepatic cells

Colorectal Cancer

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Chronic nervous disease caused by fine slowly spreading tremor muscular weakness and rigidity.

Decubitus Ulcers

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Chronic pain in muscles and soft tissues surrounding joints

Fibromyalgia

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Chronic pulmonary disease characterized by increase in the size of the alveolar clusters

Emphysema

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Chronic, organic mental disorder a form of pre-senile dementia due o atrophy

Alzheimer disease

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Completely unexpected and unexplained death of and apparently well or virtually well infant

SIDS

Concretion formation in the gallbladder or bile duct

Gallstones

Condition caused by a partial or complete occlusion of one or more coronary arteries

myocardial infarction

Condition in which the patient has a higher blood pressure than that judged to be normal

Hypertension

Condition of being abnormally small

Dwrfism

Congenital condition due to lack of thyroid secretion; arrested physical and mental development

Cretinism

Congenital defect in the walls of the spinal canal caused by the lack of union between the laminae.

Spina Bifida

Deafness resulting from damage to the nerves or to the organ of corti.

Sensorineural Deafness

Decrease in the amount of circulating RBC's lost because of hemorrhage or bleeding

Hemorrhagic Anemia

Defect in the cusp of a heart valve results in te leakage of blood tough closed valve

Murmur

Dietary deficiency of vitamin B12 or the loss of the inrinsic factor from the lining of the stomach

Pernicious Anemia

Distorted vision or blindness due to growth fo new blood vessels over the macula lutea

Macular Degeneration

Excessive production of thyroid hormones to increase metabolism

Hyperthyroidism

Failure of the kidneys to perform their essential functions

Renal Failure

Farsightedness

Hyperopia

Fatty porridge like build up of plaque within the lumen of a blood vessel that reduction vessel diameter

Arteriosclerosis

Form of arteriosclerosis which is characterized by the formation of fatty plaques in the arteries

Atherosclerosis

Form of nephritis which the lesions primarily involve the glomeruli

Glomerulonephritis

General term describing any disease process that results in reduction of bone mass

Osteoporosis

Hereditary blood disease with greatly increased coagulation time due to lack of clotting factors

Hemophilia

Highly communicable disease characterized by spots on buccal mucosa/maculopapular erputions.

Measles

Highly contagious form of hepatitis and is transmitted by the fecal-oral route

Hepatitis A

Highly contagious for of hepatitis, transmitted by the direct exchange of contaminated blood

Hepatitis B

Hypersecretion of the GH during childhood resulting in a person who grows to a very large size

Gigantism

Imbalance in the extrinistic muscles of the eye that produces a squint.

Strabismus

Inability of the male of achieve or maintain an erection

Imotence

Inability of the red bone marrow to produce RBC's which have been destroyed

Aplastic Anemia

Inability to retain urine, feces, or semen through the loss of sphincter control

Incontinence

Increase in the number of erythrocytes in the blood

Polycythemia

Infection of the genital and anorectal skin and muccosa

Genital Herpes

Infection of the small, air filled cavity in the temporal bone

Middle ear infection

Infection of the urinary tract by microorganisms

Urinary Tract Infections

Infectious disease characterized by inflammatory infiltrations, formation of tubercles necosis, etc

Tuberculosis

Infectious, chronic venereal disease characterized by marked lesions on any organ tissue

Syphilis

Inflammation of the bladder usually occurring secondary to ascending urinary tract infections

Cytitis

Inflammation of the lungs resulting in fluid build up withing the alveoli and lowered gas exchange

Pneumonia

Inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord

Bacterial Meningitis

Inflammation of the vermiform appendix

Appendicitis

Inflammatory disease of the central nervous system; myelin sheath is degenerated around nerves

Multiple Slerosis

Inflammatory disease of the sevaceous glands and hair follicles of the skin (pustules)

Acne

Leading cause of cancer death among women in the U.S

Breast Cancer

Localized abnormal dialation of a blood vessel- usually an artery- due to a congenital defect/weakness

Aneurysm

Loss of elasticity of the lens due to advancing age with resulting inability to focus clearly on objects

Presbyopia

Loss of hearing related to the impairment of the conduction of sound waves through the ear

Conductive Deafness

Malignant neoplasm of the colon or rectum

Colorectal Cancer

Most common of sexually transmitted disease

Chlamydia

Nearsightedness

Myopia

Non Progressive for of paralysis resulting from developmental defects in the brain or birth trauma

Cerebral Palsy

Open sore or lesion of the skin or muccous membrane accompanied by sloughing of tissue

Ulcers

Pain in the anterior compartment of the tibia

Shin Splints

Plyuria and plydipsia caused by inadequate secretion of ADH by the posterior pituitary gland

Diabetes Insipidus

Precense of abnormally high number of mono nuclear leukocytes in the blood

Mononucleosis

Presence of endometrial lining outside the uterus

Endometriosis

Pressure sore or bed sore, it is an ulcer, initially of the skin, due to prolonged pressure

Decupidus Ulcers

Recurrent paroxysmal disorder or cerebral function with sudden brief attacks of altered consious

Epilepsy

Results from the abnormal destruction of erythrocytes

Hemolytic Anemia

Results from the abnormal destruction of erythrocytes

Leukemia

Ringing, roaring or clicking in the ears

Tinnitus

Rupture or herniation of the nucleus populous of the intebetebral disc.

Herniated Disc

Sensation of spinning movement in which the world is revolving or the person is revolving in spave

Vertigo

Sexually transmitted disease that causes persistent redness, burning and itching of the vulva

Trichomoniasis

Slow growing, destructive tumor. Occurs mostly in people over 40, fair-skinned and blonde

Basal Cell Carcinoma

Specific, contagious, inflammation of the genital mucous membrane caused by bacterium

Gonorrhea

Stroke

Cerebrovascular Accident

Swelling condition resulting from hypo function for the thyroid gland

Hypothyroidism/Myxedema

Syndrome marked by muscular weakness/atrophy/spsticity/hyperflexia; Lou Gehrigs disease

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Syndrome of opportunistic infections that occur as the final stage of infection by HIV

AIDS

This disease occurs in the fetus if the fetus is Rh+ while the mother is Rh-

Hemolytic Disease

This is a tumor that grows from the melanocytes

Malignant Melanoma

This is a invasive tumor with potential for spreading. It arises from the epidermal layer

Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Trauma to a muscle or the musculo-tendinous units from violent contraction or excessive strech

Muscle Strain

Virus that includes more than 100 types, over 30 of which are sexually transmitted

Human Papilloma Virus

Wart of the genitalia caused by the Human Papilloma Virus

Genital Warts

Wasting away and atrophy of muscles

Muscular Dystrophy