FINAL EXAM CHP. 15 Flashcards
Signs of disease:
- Objective and measurable
- Vital signs
Symptoms of disease
- Subjective to patient
- Difficult to quantify
Syndrome:
Specific group of signs and sxs characteristic of a particular disease
Disease:
Condition where normal structure or functions of the body are damaged or impaired
Asymptomatic or subclinical:
No noticeable signs or symptoms
-Ex: HSV
Most dangerous mode of transmission:
Airborne
Infectious disease:
Any disease caused by pathogen
Communicable infectious disease:
Spread from person to person through direct or indirect mechanisms
Noncommunicable infectious disease:
Not spread from one person to another
-Ex: Tetanus
Contagious disease:
Infectious communicable disease
Iatrogenic disease:
Contracted from medical procedure
Zoonotic disease:
Transmitted from animal to human
Ex: Rabies, west nile virus `
Noninfectious disease:
Not caused by pathogens
Cellular pathogens:
Parasites
Protozoa
Fungi
Acellular pathogens:
Virus and prions
Acute disease:
Short-term
-Ex: Influenza
Latent disease:
Begins late
-Ex: HSV
Chronic disease:
Long-term
-Ex: Cirrhosis
Koch’s postulates:
- Suspected pathogen must be found in every case of disease and not be found in healthy individuals
- Suspected pathogen can be isolated and grown in pure culture
- Healthy test subject infected with suspected pathogen must develop the same signs and sxs as seen in postulate 1
- Pathogen must be re-isolated from the new host and must be identical to pathogen from postulate 2
LD50:
- Dose necessary for lethal dose of 50% of population
- Lower LD50= the less pathogens it takes to kill 50% of population= more pathogenic/deadly
ID50:
Dose necessary for infectious dose of 50% of population
Portal of entry:
Eye Mouth Nose Vagina Urethra Placenta Anus Broken skin Insect bite Shaving Needle
Virulence:
How pathogenic an organism is
Pathogenicity:
Ability of microbial agent to cause disease
Primary pathogen:
Causes disease in host regardless if host is healthy