Extra facts: Flashcards
Oedema
fluid collection in cavities, usually sympthom of renal disease.
Dyshpagia
Problems with swallowing
Dyspepsia
Describes a group of symptoms to do with indigestion, burping up stomach juices and gas for example.
Neutrophil leucocytosis
high white blood cell count
Steatorrhoea
increase in faecal fat content cause dby fat malabsorption
Barrett’s oesophagus
A serious complication of GERD. Normal tissue lining the oesophagus (slokdarm) changes to tissue that resembles the lining of the intestine
What bacterium is often found n patients with chronic gastritis and gastric ulcers?
Helicobacter Pylori
Upper Respiratory Tract infection
The common cold
Tumor sizing. T1-4, N0-3 and M0/M1?
T1: smaller than 3 cm. T2 larger than 3 cm. T3 local extension. T4 extensive spread.
N0: no regional lymph node involvement. N1: hilar nodes. N2: mediastinal nodes. N3: contralateral nodes or ipsilateral supraclavicular…
M0= No distant metastasis
M1 = distant metastasis
Two forms of lung cancer:
Non small cell lung cnacer (80% of all cancers, better survival chance in early stages) and small cell lung cancer which is very aggressive and often reoccurs after treatment.
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
Breathing stops at night resulting in shortage of oxygen.
Epidural hematoma
Buildup of blood between tough outermembrane of central nervous system and skull
What is a thrombus and what is the next possible stage called?
A thrombus is a blood cloth and when it loosens it becomes an embolis
Name the term for a high heart rate and a low.
Trachicardia and Bradycardia
Name two genes that are of great importance in cancer inheritance
BRCA1 and BRCA2 they play a role in double stranded DNA break repair.