Unit 6- Medical Flashcards
Definition of Cancer
Runaway Cell Division
Stage 1 Cancer
A small number of cells bounded by a membrane. Cancer is usually undetectable in this stage.
Stage 2 Cancer
The number of cells is growing exponentially but is still bound by a membrane. If cells are found, it is usually the size of a pea.
Stage 3 Cancer
When the membrane has ruptured; the cancer is no longer confined to a specific region.
Stage 4 Cancer
Terminal Cancer. You no longer discuss treatment. You discuss prognosis and do your best to maximize quality of life.
Absence Seizure
The patient does not recognize that any time has passed. i.e: their head could tilt to the side for a moment and they do not register that anything has happened.
Focal/petit mal Seizure
One part of your body is seizing, the patient is aware of the seizure i.e: only the arm, only the leg; used to be called “Jacksonian March”
Grand Mal Seizure
Patient is unconscious and unresponsive; they cannot breathe.
Diabetic/Hypoglycemic Seizure
Occurs due to low blood sugar. A tonic/clonic event.
False Seizures
A tonic/clonic event. Psychosomatic event (entirely mental/ psychological)
Status Epilepticus
A repetitive event; patient has seizure multiple times; causes neuro damage.
Aura
A symptom that alerts someone with an seizure disorder that they are about to have a seizure i.e. change in color, smell. Most patients know how long they have until the seizure occurs after the aura.
Toxidrome
A collection of signs and symptoms in response to toxin/ chemical in the body
Antichlorigenic Toxidrome
“red as a beet, dry as a bone, hot as a hare, blind as a bat, mad as a hatter, and full as a flask
Chlorigenic Toxidrome
Can be caused by ammonium salts and other toxins. Causes the body to excrete everywhere it possibly can.
