Module 5- Symptoms, Diagnoses, Treatments, Communication, Qualifiers, and Statistics Flashcards
Pulse
Rhythmical throbbing of arterial walls, produced when the heart contracts and forces and increased volume of blood into the vessels
Respiration
Breathing
Temperature
Loosely refers to body heat
Signs
Objective, able to be measured by an outside observer
Symptoms
Subjective, the client experiences them, may not be readily available to the observer
Vital sign
Evidence a patient is alive. Body temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure
Pyrexia
Fever
Hypothermia
Body temperature below normal
Hyperpyrexia
High body temperature
Pyretogen
That which produces fever
Pyretic
Pertaining to fever
Pyretogenic
Pertains to something that produces fever
Antipyretic
An agent that works against fever
Pyretolysis
Fever reduction
Asymptomatic
Without symptoms
Tachycardia
Increased heart rate
Bradycardia
Decreased heart rate
Peripheral
Near the outer surface of the body
Central
Near the center of the body
Pneometer
An instrument for measuring breathing
Bradypnea
Very slow breathing
Dyspnea
Painful (bad) breathing
Hyperpnea
Excessively rapid breathing
Apnea
Without breathing
Hypertensive
Elevated blood pressure
Hypotensive
Decreased blood pressure
Cyanopia
Blue vision
Xanthopsia
Yellow vision
Chloropia
Green vision
Cyoderma
Blue skin
Erythroderma
Red skin
Melanoderma
Black (discolored) skin
Chlorocyte
Green (plant cell)
Leukocyte
White (blood) cell
Erythrocyte
Red (blood) cell
Melanoblast
Immature black cell
Erythroblast
Immature red cell
Melanosis
Condition of black pigmentation
Carcinoma
Malignant tumor
Melanocarcinoma
A black-pigmented malignant tumor
A localized condition
Limited to a small area or part of the body
A generalized condition
Involving the whole body or many areas at the same time
Edema
Fluid accumulation in the tissues
Localized edema
Fluid accumulation in a small area of the body
Generalized edema
Fluid accumulation throughout the whole body
Atrophy
Wasting away or shrinking of tissues, an organ, or the whole body
Hypertrophy
Overdevelopment
Nausea
Sickness of the stomach with a desire to vomit
Emesis
Vomitus - that which is vomited - the product of vomiting
Cholemesis
Bile in the vomitus
Hematemesis
Blood in the vomitus
Emetic
Something that induces vomiting
Mlaise
Ill at ease, vague sensation of not feeling well
Orexia
Appetite
Anorexia
Loss of appetite
Oreximania
Abnormal desire (madness) for food or uncontrollable appetite
Orexigenic
Pertaining to something that produces or stimulates an appetite
Vertigo
Turning around (sensation of turning around in space or having objects move about them) (not dizziness, fainting, or lightheadedness)
Tinnitus
Jingling, or tinkling, sound in the ear. Often called ringing in the ear
Diagnosis
Knowing through
Hemodiagnosis
Identification of a patient’s illness through blood
Diagnostician
One who is skilled in making diagnoses
Prognosis
To predict the the patient’s illness (its course and outcome)
Prognosticate
To tell what the course and likely outcome of the disease will be
Acute
Sharp, severe, having rapid onset and a short course
Chronic
Long, drawn out
Paroxysmal
A sudden, periodic attack or recurrence of symptoms of disease, a fit or convulsion of any kind
Acute tendonitis
Tendon becomes red, hot, and very painful in a short period of time, and returns to normal after a short course of treatment
Chronic tendonitis
Inflammation of tendons that is mild, has a slow onset, and lasts a long time
Acute polyneuritis
Inflammation of many nerves, rapid onset, very painful, short duration
Chronic polyarthritis
An inflammation of many joints that starts slowly and lasts a long time
Polydactylism
A condition of having supernumerary fingers (or toes)
Syndrome
A group of signs and symptoms that occur together and this characterize a specific disease
Prodrome
A symptom or group of symptoms that occur before the onset of disease
Active treatment
Aims for a cur
Palliative treatment
Relieves bothersome symptoms and makes patient comfortable
Systemic treatment
Attacks constitutional signs and symptoms, treatment directed towards control of life-threatening signs and symptoms
Prophylactic treatment
Focuses on prevention of disease
Treatments
- Active, symptomatic, palliative, prophylactic
- What the physician does or prescribes to manage a patient’s illness
Morbidity
A diseased state
Mortality
The state of being mortal and, therefore, subject to death
Morbidity rate
A statistic that reports the number of cases of a disease in a specific population for a specific time period
Mortality rate
A statistic that reports the death rate
