Intro to Human Diseases Flashcards
Acute
Disease that is short term
Auscultation
To listen to body sounds (With stethoscope)
Chronic
Long lasting disease
Complication
Another disease or disorder occurs in an individual who is already affected with a disease
Diagnosis
The Identification of a disease
Disease
an abnormal change in structure or function within the body
Disorder
Derangement or abnormality of function
Etiology
Cause of a disease
Exacerbation
When symptoms flare up or become worse
Fatal
Cause death
Holistic medicine
Considering the whole person
Homeostasis
The body’s normal state that the body strives to maintain
Iatrogenic
Problem from a prescribe treatment
Idiopathic
unknown cause
Lethal
Something that kills
Mortality rate
Number of people who die with a disease in a certain amt of time.
Nosocomial
Disease acquired from the hospital
Palliative
Directed towards relief of symptoms (not cure)
pathogenesis
how a disease progresses
predisposing factors
risk factors, makes a person more susceptible to a disease
prognosis
predicted outcome
Remission
Symptoms are diminished or temporarily resolved
syndrome
group of symptoms that may be caused by a specific disease
To create a diagnosis, the physician must use data collected from a patients…
medical history, physical examination and diagnostic tests
Holistic view point considers…
spiritual, cognitive, social, physical, and emotional being
90% of diseases are caused or partially caused by…
stress
predisposing factors
Risk factors- Make a person more susceptible to disease
ex. Age, sex, environment, lifestyle, heredity
Examples of common diagnostic tests and procedures:
Blood glucose, Urinalysis, =EKG, etc..
A complication can alter a ___.
Prognosis
