Lecture 1: INTRODUCTION TO HOM

Question 1

DEFINITIONS

medicine?

Answer 1

scienceand practice of establishing thediagnosis,prognosis,treatment, andpreventionofdisease and promoting of health

medicine derived from latin medicus, meaning a physician

Question 2

Definition

Health?

Answer 2

state of physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity

Question 3

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Disease?

Answer 3

• a particular abnormal condition
• affects the structure or normal functional of all/part of an organism.
• is not due to any immediate external injury

medical conditions associated with specific signs and symptoms

Question 4

Definitions

Sickness?

Answer 4

• a disordered, weakened, or unsound condition
• something with a n individual is out of allignment, lacking strength and the internal infrastructure is fragile.

less formal

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Illness?

Answer 5

describes long and short-term diseases or ailments

more formal

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Definition

Practice?

Answer 6

• the act of rehearsing a behaviour over and over
• for the purpose of improving/mastering it

Question 7

Definitions

Diagnosis?

Answer 7

• the process of determining which disease or condition explains a person’s symptoms and signs
• It is a summation of Evidence (History Taking and Physical Examination to elicit Symptoms and Signs, Investigation), Knowledge and Professional Experience.

Question 8

Definition

Differential Diagnosis?

Answer 8

• is the distinguishing of a particular disease or condition from others that present similar clinical features

for example many infections cause fever headaches and fatigue

Question 9

Definition

Medical Investigation?

Answer 9

• Tests and scans done to help with the diagnosis or management of adisease

may also refer to the general diagnostic process

Question 10

Definition

Prognosis?

Answer 10

• is the prediction of the course of adiseasefollowing its onset
• outlining its possible outcomes (e.g. death chance of recovery, recurrence) and the frequency at which these can be expected.

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Treatment?

Answer 11

• medical care given to a patient for an illness or injury
• it is the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a diagnosis

Question 12

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Prevention?

Answer 12

the act of stopping something from happening

Question 13

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Promotion?

Answer 13

an act that supports or encourages a cause, venture or aim.

Question 14

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Follow-up?

Answer 14

• a further examination or observation of a patient in order to **monitor the success **of earlier treatment

Question 15

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Management?

Answer 15

the art of getting things done through people. (Mary Parker Follet)

consists of 5 funcs, planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating and controlling

Question 16

Definitions

Prehistoric Medicine?

Answer 16

any use ofmedicinefrom before theinventionofwritingand the documentedhistory of medicine

had connections to religious, philosophical beliefs of the local cultures.

Question 17

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Traditional Medicine/Folk medicine?

termed alternative medicine

Answer 17

• these are prescientific forms of medicine
• sum of knowledge, skills, practises based on theories, beliefs and experiences of indegenous culture, whether explicable or not, used in the diagnosis, treatment, prevention of disease and promotion of health.

examples are acupuncture

Question 18

Definitions

Quackery?

a from of alternative medicine

Answer 18

• outside the bounds of scientific medicine
• outside the bounds of safety

examples are, Chiropratic(rejects germ theory) believes disease is due to invisible subluxation of the bones predominantly of the spine.

Question 19

Definitions

Science?

Answer 19

• is a systematic and logical approach
• organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about how the natural world works.

has 3 branches i.e natural sciences, social sciences and formal sciences

Question 20

What is the modern clinical practise process?

Answer 20

1. History Taking
2. Physical Examination
3. Differential Diagnosis
4. Investigation
5. Diagnosis
6. Treatment
7. Discharge/Death
8. Follow-up
9. Prevention of disease.
10. Promotion of Health