Exam 1 Patho

Question 1

Pathophysiology

Answer 1

the study of disease and injury and how they affect the body physiologically

Question 2

Pathology

Answer 2

Laboratory study of cells and tissues

Question 3

Disease

Answer 3

disruption in hemostasis
- can be physical, mental, or social
- i.e. CHF pt can’t do the things they want, depression/anxiety = chemical imbalance that leads to mental disruption, autism social disruption

Question 4

Homeostasis

Answer 4

-steady state of internal chemical and physical condition
-body functions best in this normal range

Question 5

Causes of Disease

Answer 5

Intrinsic conditions (something wrong inside the body)
- think over/under production of hormones or chemicals (DM and insulin), genes (genetic mutations), immunity (disease process that causes immune system to not function properly, autoimmune), age (oldest and youngest - age extremes), biologic gender (think uterine ca or prostate ca)

Extrinsic conditions (something from outside the body)
- think bacteria (i.e. Strep), virus, fungi, behaviors (smoking, alcohol intake), stress (immunity)

Question 6

Identification of Disease (Process of Disease)

Answer 6

Signs : objective data
Symptoms : subjective data

Question 7

Occurrence of Disease (Process of Disease)

Answer 7

How often does the disease occur? think when trying to dx the pt
i.e. December - fever, cough, body chills = flu
but in June…maybe not

Question 8

Dx of Disease (Process of Disease)

Answer 8

Identification; putting a name to the disease

Question 9

Etiology of Disease (Process of Disease)

Answer 9

Cause of the disease

Question 10

Prognosis of Disease (Process of Disease)

Answer 10

Likelihood of getting back to baseline i.e. flu - couple of weeks, CHF - rest of life

Question 11

Exposure (Stages of Disease)

Answer 11

Where did the person get this

Question 12

Onset (Stages of Disease)

Answer 12

how quickly did the S/S occur?
- sudden
- insidious: slow and gradual (more common with chronic disease i.e. GI bleed)
- latent: not active, lies in wait (chicken pox and shingles)
- prodromal: indicating onset before get really sick, think chills
- manifestations: S/S

Question 13

Remission (Stages of Disease)

Answer 13

disease no longer active

Question 14

Convalescence (Stages of Disease)

Answer 14

recovering from the disease; how does the pt feel and are they back to baseline

Question 15

Idiopathic Disease

Answer 15

don’t know the cause

Question 16

Iatrogenic Disease

Answer 16

caused by treatment; something that the medical field did to the patient
i.e. pressure ulcers, HAI, medication errors, perforation of colon during colonoscopy

Question 17

Exacerbation

Answer 17

acute worsening or decline in a person’s chronic disease
- i.e. asthma

Question 18

hypo -

Answer 18

under, below

Question 19

hyper -

Answer 19

above, over

Question 20

• penia

Answer 20

lack of, deficiency

Question 21

• cytosis

Answer 21

refers to cells, increase

Question 22

• osis

Answer 22

process or condition, production or increase, invasion or infection

Question 23

• itis

Answer 23

inflammation

Question 24

• pathy

Answer 24

disease or suffering

Question 25

Questions to ask about cough

Answer 25

productive, nonproductive
color
odor
consistency
amount
when - time of day
acute or chronic
allergies?
smoking?
medications?
heart issues?
lung issues?