health and disease Flashcards
what is health (WHO 1948)
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”
list things that make us healthy
Clean water Hygiene – personal and public Healthy safe and adequate diet Affluence Having a home Sense of wellbeing Understanding what is unhealthy
what is pathology
the study of disease and knowing what makes people sick
- causes, development, progress
- appearances
- explains presentation
- rationale for treatment
what is meant by disease is dynamic
Continuously evolving Process punctuated by events Observations made sporadically Patient lives with it Influenced by treatment
why do diseases matter
Ill health and death Pain and suffering Disability, loss of function Anxiety Loss of employment Social and economic costs
what does knowing about disease allow us to do
Define abnormality consistently - diagnosis
Explain what is wrong
-to patient, scientifically
Predict outcome - prognosis
Treat on the evidence – personalised care
Research to find new therapies
what does aetiology mean
cause of disease
what does pathogenesis mean
how disease develops
why does symptom mean
what the patient feels
what does sign mean
our observations
what do patients expect doctors to do
care empathise have compassion good communication good knowledge good skills have a holistic capability
what does macroscopic mean
naked eye
what does microscopic mean
with magnification
what does biochemical mean
at chemical level
what does pathophysiological mean
functional
