Intro to Pathophysiology

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Anatomy

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Study of structure

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Physiology

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Study of function

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Patho

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Prefix meaning disease

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Disease

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a disorder of structure or function

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Pathophysiology

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functional changes that result from disease

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Disorder

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lack of normal functioning of physical or mental process

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Disease vs. Disorder

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Diseases are disorders, disorders are not diseases

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Can diseases result from infection?

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Yes! But they don’t have to

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Infection

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Microbes that infect body tissue

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Can an infection cause a disease

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Yes! But it doesn’t have to

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Infectious diseases

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Caused by microorganisms called pathogens

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Kinds of pathogens

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fungi, bacteria, viruses, protozoans, worms, etc.

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Are infectious diseases communicable?

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Yes!

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Communicable?

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spread from person to person

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Examples of infectious diseases

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Influenza, pink eye, tuberculosis, chlamydia, malaria, herpes, chicken pox, strep throat, urinary tract infection

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Non-infectious diseases

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Not caused by pathogenic agents

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What is a pathogenic agent/ pathogen?

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microb that causes diseases

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Are non-infectious diseases communicable?

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No!

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What can cause a non-infectious disease?

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genetics, environment, nutrition, lifestyle patterns, etc

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Examples of Noninfectious diseases

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Cancer, diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome, celiac disease, Alzheimer’s, muscular dystrophy, hemophilia, etc.

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Risk factors

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Characteristic or behavior that raises a person’s chances of getting a disease

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Two types of risk factors

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Predisposing Factors and Precipitating Factors

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Precipitating factors

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A specific event or trigger to onset of current problem (the straw that broke the camel’s back)

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Predisposing Factors

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Substance, event, characteristics or condition that contributes to disease onset

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Examples of Predisposing Factors

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Genetics, trauma, substance use, etc

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Signs of disease

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Objective evidence seen by doctor (visible, can be quanitified)

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Symptoms

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subjective and describes how patient feels (no visual, can’t be measured

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Syndrome

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Collection of symptoms, signs, and data

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Examples of Signs

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abnormal heartbeat, red lesion, high blood pressure, fever

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Examples of symptoms

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headache, pain, nausea, dizziness, itching

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Diagnosis

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Process of identification of a disease or disorder

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Prognosis

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Prediction or estimate of the expected outcome of a health condition or treatment

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Treatment

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Management and care to combat disease

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Prevention

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Any action to prevent or reduce risk of poor health, injury, illness, or death