Theories of Health and Disease

Question 1

what is the humoral theory?

Answer 1

(body fluid) including black bile (tar-looking), yellow bile(throw up) these break down fat body produces naturally. Also, includes blood, and flem

Question 2

What is the demonic theory?

Answer 2

If you were sick you were possessed, involved trephining a procedure used in modern day medicine where you drill or saw a hole into the skull

Question 3

What is the Religious theory?

Answer 3

back then if you were sick, the reason was that we were being punished by god

Question 4

The Magnetic Theory:

What is a rolf?

Answer 4

involved cultural trends involved in Europe(1800’s) a treatment to getting fluids back aligned by putting magnets on the side of body (not enough iron to make it work). people still use it today.

deep muscle massage

Question 5

What is the miasmatic theory?

Answer 5

not just odors that identifies pathogens, comes from organic materials such as plants and animals. “If you breath in bad air you get sick”
*female mosquitos carry malaria

Question 6

What is the germ theory?

Answer 6

bacteria, viruses, little organisms that make you sick.. or not. We now know some make you sick, some help. Penicillin immunization starts.

Question 7

What is the Christian Science Theory?

Answer 7

The reason we are sick is metaphysical (not germs or anything) they believe its something in the universe that makes you sick. So something not physical will get you better like your faith, and prayers.

Question 8

What is the Psychosomatic theory?

Answer 8

Mind and body are connected, if one is affected the other one is too. “psycho”=body “somatic”= mind

Question 9

What is the stress theory?

Answer 9

that stress will make you sick, the result of ones perception of not having enough resources to cope with a perceived situation from past, present, and future.

Question 10

What is (GAS) General Adaptation Syndrome theory?

Answer 10

flight or fight response. Stage of Alarm (sympathetic nervous system) ex: epinephrine.e and stage of resistance (parasympathetic nervous system)

Question 11

What is stage of Exhaustion?

Answer 11

is your cellular and systemic breakdown. for example heart attacks, and strokes.

Question 12

What is the Ecologic Theory?

Answer 12

begins with 1947 WHO definition. includes the dimensions of health, the determinants of health, and the characteristics of health. small pox vaccination happened

Question 13

What is health..

Answer 13

“A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”

Question 14

What are some dimensions of Health?

Answer 14

physical,
mental (emotional, psychological)–bipolar
social,
spiritual(not religious) broad mindful selection of who we are in universe.
intellectual
financial(it matters)
sexual(emotional, physical, much more than sex

Question 15

What are some determinants of Health?

Answer 15

Heredity(genes, chromosomes, genetic makeup) there are errors
environment
self-factors
experimental factors( based on experience, what we’ve done)

Question 16

What are some characteristics of Health

Answer 16

dynamic(change all the time) not static(stays the same)
individual
relative
improvable (push positively forward)
measurable(qualitively -quality of life) (quanitively-number to anything,ex: blood pressure)
demands personal responsibility

Question 17

Is there a key to good health?

Answer 17

BALANCE

Question 18

what were the leading causes of death n the 1900’s?

Answer 18

1. Pneumonia
   2, tuberculosis
2. Gastroenteritis
3. heart disease

Question 19

What were the leading causes of death in the 1950’s?

Answer 19

1. heart disease
2. cancer
3. stroke
4. accidents

Question 20

What were the differences in the leading causes of death from 1900’s to 1950’s

Answer 20

In the 1900’s it was mostly infectious diseases then immunizations came around and in the 1950’s it was mostly lifestyle related.