LESSON 23 Flashcards
Malfunction of the carbohydrate, protein, and fat metabolism
Diabetes Mellitus
Most children have what type of Diabetes
Type 1
Formerly called as the insulin-dependent diabetes
Type 1
Formerly called as the non-insulin-dependent diabetes
Type 2
A systemic inflammatory disease that involves the heart and joints
Rheumatic Fever
Inflammation of the large joints
Polyarthritis
Involuntary movement of the limbs
Chorea
Primarily ‘involves the joints of the body’, although it also affects blood vessels, and other connective tissues
Juvenile Arthritis
It symptoms must begin before 16 y/o and last longer than 3 months
Juvenile Arthritis
Juvenile Arthritis is common in girls or boys?
Girls
Juvenile Arthritis have a presence of _______
Antinuclear Antibodies
Inflammation of the iris, cilliary body, and choroid membrane of the eye that may cause blindness
Uveitis
Produced by the immune system that play a role in destruction of body joints
Cytokines
Incubation period of impetigo
2 to 5 days
Superficial of the skin that begins as ‘a single papulovesicular lesion surrounded by localized erythema’
Impetigo