Introduction To Disease

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The body changes constantly inside and outside the body, and yet a steady state is generally maintained, called

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Homeostasis

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A significant disturbance in the homeostasis of the body triggers a variety of responses that often produce

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Disease

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Knowledge of normal structure

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Anatomy

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Knowledge of normal function

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Physiology

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Study of disease in general

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Pathology

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The study of the physiological processes leading up to disease

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Pathophysiology

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Objective evidence of disease observed on physical examination, such as abnormal pulse or respiratory rate, fever, sweating, and pallor

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Signs

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Subjective indications of disease reported by the patient, such as pain, dizziness, and itching

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Symptoms

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Certain sense of signs and symptoms occur concurrently in some diseases, and the combination is called

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Syndrome

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The use of scientific or clinical methods to determine the nature of the disease

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Diagnosis

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The predicted course and outcome of the disease

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Prognosis

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A disease with a sudden onset and short duration

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Acute

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A disease with slower, less severe onset and a long duration of months or years

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Chronic

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Diseases that will end in death

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Terminal

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Signs and symptoms of the disease may at times subside, during the period known as

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Remission

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Signs and symptoms may recur in all their severity in the period of

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Exacerbation

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Occurs when a disease returns weeks or months after it’s apparent cessation

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Relapse

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A disease or other abnormal state that develops in the person already suffering from a disease

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Complication

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The aftermath of a particular disease

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Sequela

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A measure of the number of deaths attributed to a disease in a given population over a given period of time

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Mortality

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A measure of the disability and extend of illness caused by a disease

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Morbidity

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Describes the number of cases of a disease occurring at a given time in a specific population

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Prevalence

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Describes the number of new cases of a disease at a given time in a specified population

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Incidence

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The study of the occurrence, transmission, distribution, and control of disease

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Epidemiology

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Cause of a disease

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Etiology

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The source or cause of a disease, together with its development

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Pathogenesis

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If the cause of a disease is not known, it is

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Idiopathic

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Could be a damaged gene or enzyme, or abnormal cells, tissues, organs

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Lesion

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Predispose an individual to the development of a disease

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Risk factors

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Treatment designed to relieve and manage the symptoms of the disease without addressing the cause

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Palliative, or symptomatic

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Review questions on page 8

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