Health and Disease Flashcards
1
Q
How are diseases classified?
A
GUDDIC
2
Q
What does GUDDIC stand for?
A
G- Growth U- Unnatural D- Degenerative D- Development I- Inflammation C- Circulatory
3
Q
What does aetiology mean?
A
The cause of disease
4
Q
What does pathogenesis mean?
A
How a disease develops
5
Q
What does prognosis mean?
A
A prediction of the probable outcomes of a disease
6
Q
What are signs and symptoms?
A
Signs- what the doctor sees
Symptoms- what the patient tells you
7
Q
What is diagnosis?
A
Determining the nature and cause of a disease
8
Q
What is natural history?
A
The course a disease takes in an individual after its pathological onset until its eventual resolution
9
Q
When is a disease resolved?
A
Death or recovery
10
Q
What defines health?
A
Social, Mental and Physical
