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Introduction to Human Diseases Flashcards

1
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State of sameness or normalcy the body strives to maintain

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Homeostasis

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Pathologic condition of the body and mind

eg. Vitamin Deficiency

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Disorder

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3
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Group of symptoms caused by several interrelated problems

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Syndrome

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4
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Structural or morphological alterations associated with a diseased state in an individual

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Lesion

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5
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Papule with water

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Vesicle

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Papule with pus

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Pustule

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7
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Big papule

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Bulae

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8
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A change which is specifically characteristic of a disease

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Pathognomonic lesion

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9
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Manifestation of disease that are observed

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Clinical signs

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10
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  • subjective feeling of an abnormality in the body

- can only be reported by the affected individual

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Clinical symptoms

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11
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5 Predisposing Factors

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Age
Gender
Environment
Lifestyle
Heredity
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12
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Protective immune response that is triggered by any type of injury or irritant

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Inflammation

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13
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Refers to invasion of microorganisms into tissue that cause cell/tissue injury

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Infection

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14
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Overgrowth in response to some type of stimulus

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Hyperplasia

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15
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Aka tumors-swelling

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Neoplasms

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16
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True or False: Not all tumors are neoplasms

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True

17
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Overconsumption or underconsumption of nutrient

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Nutritional Imbalance

18
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Inadequate nutrient intake

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Malnutrition

19
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Individual who has an ill, thin, wasted appearance

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Cacrexia

20
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Overconsumption of nutrients and lack of exercise, vitamin, and mineral excess and deficiency. It is usually related to diet, metabolic disorder and some medications

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Obesity

21
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Body’s lymphocytes cannot identify the body’s own self Ag which are harmless

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Autoimmunity

22
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Decrease or absence of lymphocytes

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Immunodeficiency

23
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4 types of disease

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Infectious
Non-infectious
Psychosomatic
Idiopathic

24
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Aka non-transmissible or non-communicable. Considered by WHO as the leading cause of death

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Non-infectious disease

25
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It involves mind and body. Physical diseases made worse by mental factors.

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Psychosomatic disease

26
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Cause is not known

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Idiopathic disease

27
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  • alteration of homeostasis

- change in structure function that is considered to be abnormal within the body

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Disease

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