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- Pathological process (origin/cause)
- Involves some abnormality
- Cellular or subcellular level
disease
○ Social (behavioral) and psychological
phenomena
o Directly influenced by disease
o Involves perception, behavior, and
experience
o Illness is based on the experiences of an
individual in response to a condition.
o Chronic or acute
illness
Disease with an abrupt onset andusually a
short course and shortduration, rapidly
progressive, and inneed of urgent care
acute illness
Defining characteristics:
starts suddenly and are short-lived, runs its courseregardless of drug intervention
o Ex. Coughs, Colds, Flu, Sleeplessness
acute illness
o Usually isolated to one body area
o Responds to treatment
o Requires less care and resources
because it is temporary
acute illness
Illnesses that are prolonged, do not resolve spontaneously, and rarely curedcompletely
chronic illness
A disease or disorder developing slowly and persisting for a long period of time,often for the remainder of the lifetime of the individual
chronic illness
Defining characteristics:
Develop slowly and are long-term, multiple chronicillness, uncertainty, intrusiveness, cost,need for a wide array of services, requires medical supervision, medicineis usually regulated as prescription only,very different from acute illness.
o Ex. Cancer, AIDS, Kidney Disease,Diabetes
chronic illness
o Frequently involve multiple systems
o Uncertain future
o Requires more care and resources to
normalize lifestyle
chronic illness
doctor that will handle high risk pregnancy
perinatologist
maternal mortality of high risk pregnancy
10/100,000 pregnant women
leading cause of high risk pregnancy
hemorrhage, infection, preeclampsia
risk factor (maternal age):
<15 and >35 y.o.
▪ Good Maternal age late 20s to early 30s
risk factor (parity factor)
5 or more- great risk, PP
hemorrhage, new pregnancy within 3
months)
how many montgs tge body will return to prepregnant state
6 months postpartum
riak factor (Medical-Surgical Hx)
hx of previous uterine surgery and/or uterine rupture,Dm, Lupus, Cardiac Dse. and PIH
risk factors for high risk pregnancy:
- maternal age
- parity factor
- medical-surgical hx
refers to couples who have not become pregnant after at least 1 yearhaving sex without using birth control methods.
primary subfertility
refers to couples who have been able to get pregnant at least once, but now are unable.
secondary subfertility
causes of infertility in males:
- varicocele
- low sperm count or absence of sperm (aspermia)
- movement of sperm
- cystic fibrosis
the veins of a man’s testicles are too large, this heats thetesticles affecting the number or shapeof the sperm
over exposure to heat
varicocele
absence of sperm
aspermia
normal sperm analysis or within normal value
normozoospermia
abnormally high sperm count in the ejaculate
overproduction of sperm
polizoospermia
absence of sperm in semen
azoospermia
normal sperm value:
15-200 million/ejaculation
caused by shape of the sperm, injury or damage to the reproductive system that blocks the sperm
movement of sperm
normal sperm shape:
head - oval
tail (1) - slightly curve
accumulation of thick tenacious mucus that obstructs thetubular
structures–urinary bladder
cystic fibrosis
risk factors for males:
- heavy alcohol consumption
- drug use
- cigarette smoking (oxidative stress)
- age
- environmental toxins
- health problems (mumps-orchitis-kidney disease)
- radiation treatment & chemotherapy
hormone affected foralcohol consumption and drug use
testosterone
has chemical present that ma-inhale
oxidative stress
age factor:
male - 45 yrs old
female- 30 yrs old
inflammation of testes
orchitis
