Lecture 3

Question 1

Disease

Answer 1

abnormal, medically defined changes in the structure or functioning of the human body

Question 2

Illness

Answer 2

the individuals experience or subjective perception of lack of physical or mental well-being and consequent inability to function normally in social roles

Question 3

Infectious disease

Answer 3

an illness due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products that arises through transmission of that agent or its products from an infected person, animal or reservoir to a susceptible host

Question 4

Outbreak

Answer 4

occurence of new cases in excess of baseline

Question 5

Epidemic

Answer 5

less localized than outbreak

Question 6

Pandemic

Answer 6

crossing international boundaries, large number of people

Question 7

Chronic disease

Answer 7

noncommunicable diseases also know as chronic diseases that are not passed from person to person
are of long duration and generally slow progression

Question 8

Primary prevention

Answer 8

the maintenance of health through individual or community efforts so that the disease process never starts

Question 9

Secondary prevention

Answer 9

reduction in expression and severity of disease
does not prevent disease occurrence but identifies asymptotic individuals and delays onset and duration of clinical disease

Question 10

Tertiary prevention

Answer 10

slow or block the progression of disease
reduces impairments and disabilities to improve QOL
implemented after clinical diagnosis