Vocab Flashcards
Aetiology
Causative factors in a particular disease. May be one or several causative factors
Complication
A secondary disease or condition aggravating on an already existing one
Course of disease
A description of how a disease process typically progreses
Diagnosis
Identification of specific disease through evaluation of signs, symptoms, medical background, lavatory tests, X-rays etc.
Epidemiology
Th science of tracking the pattern or occurrence of disease. Important in infectious diseases.
Incidence
A means of morbidity based on the number of new episodes of illness arising in a population over a stated period of time.
Interventions
Treatment measures used to promote recovery or to slow the progress of disease. Surgery, drugs, behaviour modification or Physiotherapy modalities
Medical management
Treatment of a disease or condition by hygienic and pharmacological remedies
morbidity
Indicated the disease rates within a group.may also be used to indicate the functional impairment that certain conditions inflict on the population
Mortality
Figures that indicate the relative number of deaths from a particular disease
pathological changes
The changes which occur in cells, tissues, organs or systems resulting from a disease or illness
Predisposing factors
Tendencias that promote development of a disease in an individual. They indicate a high risk for the disease but not certain development
preventative measures
Vaccines, dietary or lifestyle modifications
Prognosis
Assessment of te future course and outcome of their disease based on knowledge of the course of the disease. Defines the recovery probability.
Risk factors
Factors that increase the chance that disease may occur
signs
Objective indicators of disease that are obvious to someone other than the affected individual
Symptoms
Subjective feelings. Indication of disease or disorder
