Health disease IA % + Flashcards
1
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Health definition
A
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
2
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Aspects of health
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- Public
- physical
- mental
- emotional
- social
- sexual and reproductive
- spiritual
3
Q
Aetiology
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Cause of disease
4
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Pathogenesis
A
- How the disease develops
5
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Symptoms
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What the patients feels
6
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Signs
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Doctors observations
7
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Key words
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–Lesion - “the abnormality”
–macroscopic = naked eye
–microscopic = with magnification
–biochemical = at chemical level
–pathophysiological = functional
