Introduction To Disease

Question 1

How many people did the Black Plague kill?

Answer 1

25 million people or a third of Europes population

Question 2

How is the Black Plague transmitted and treated?

Answer 2

Usually transmitted through fleas and can be treated with antibiotics

Question 3

Define health

Answer 3

The condition in which the human body performs it’s vital functions normally

Question 4

Define homeostasis

Answer 4

Maintenance of relatively stable internal conditions under fluctuating environmental conditions

Question 5

In homeostasis what does the body’s organ system maintain?

Answer 5

Temperature pH Blood composition fluid levels

Question 6

What is disease

Answer 6

A deviation from normal structure or function in the body that interrupts or modifies the performance of vital functions

Question 7

What is pathology?

Answer 7

The study of disease, the structural and functional changes

Question 8

What is a pathologist?

Answer 8

A physician who studies and interprets the change caused by disease

Question 9

How can a disease be recognized?

Answer 9

Though it’s characteristic signs and symptoms

Question 10

What are common examples of a sign of a disease?

Answer 10

Abnormal pulse or respiratory rate, fever and sweating

Question 11

Define syndrome

Answer 11

An abnormal structure or function characterized by a group of signs and symptoms that occur together

Question 12

Define disorder

Answer 12

A functional abnormality not necessarily linked to a specific cause or physical abnormality

Question 13

Acute

Answer 13

Describing a disease that has a sudden onset and a short duration

Question 14

Chronic

Answer 14

Description of a disease that is long lasting or frequently reoccurring

Question 15

Complication

Answer 15

Condition that develops in a patient already suffering from a disease

Question 16

Diagnosis

Answer 16

Process of identifying a disease or disorder from its signs and symptoms

Question 17

Disorder

Answer 17

Functional abnormality of the body or mind

Question 18

Epidemiology

Answer 18

Study of the occurrence, transmutation and control of diseases

Question 19

Etiology

Answer 19

Cause of a disease

Question 20

Exacerbation

Answer 20

Period of chronic disease when signs and symptoms recur in all their severity

Question 21

Idiopathic

Answer 21

Describes a disease for which the chase is not known

Question 22

Incidence

Answer 22

Rate of occurrence of new cases of a particular disease in a population being studied

Question 23

Morbidity

Answer 23

Incidence of disease

Question 24

Mortality

Answer 24

Number of deaths attributed to a disease in a given time or place

Question 25

Prevalence

Answer 25

Percentage of a population that is affected with a particular disease at a given time

Question 26

Prognosis

Answer 26

Predicted course and outcome of a disease

Question 27

Relapse

Answer 27

Return of a disease weeks or months after it’s apparent cessation

Question 28

Remission

Answer 28

The period of a chronic disease when signs and symptoms subside

Question 29

Sequela

Answer 29

Aftermath of a particular disease

Question 30

Signs

Answer 30

Objective evidence of disease observed on physical examination

Question 31

Symptoms

Answer 31

Indication if disease perceived by the patient such as pain, dizziness, and itching

Question 32

Syndrome

Answer 32

A group of signs and symptoms that occur together and characterize a particular disease

Question 33

Terminal

Answer 33

Resulting in death