Week 1 Intro to Pathophysiology

Question 1

Pathophysiology

Answer 1

Study of disease and injury, how they effect the body

Question 2

Disease

Answer 2

Disruption in homeostasis

  - Physical (HF)
  - Mental (depression, anxiety)
  - Social (autism)

Question 3

HOMEOSTASIS

Answer 3

• Tendency to maintain an equilibrium

- Steady state of internal chemical and physical conditions

Question 4

Intrinsic conditions

Answer 4

Inside the body

Autoimmune, genes (genetic mutations), immunity, age (age extremes), gender

Question 5

Extrinsic conditions

Answer 5

Outside body

Bacteria, virus, injury, behaviors (smoking, alcohol), stressors, fungi

Question 6

Onset definitions:

Sudden
Insidious 
Latent
Prodromal
Manifestations

Answer 6

Sudden - instant
Insidious - slow, gradual (chronic)
Latent - not active (chicken pox)
Prodromal - indicating onset, pre "true" sickness
Manifestations - s/s

Question 7

Remission vs Convalesvence

Answer 7

disease going away ——– recovering from disease

Question 8

Idiopathic

Answer 8

• We don’t know what the cause it
• UNKNOWN
• We might have ideas or theories

Question 9

Iatrogenic

Answer 9

• Caused by some treatment

* A ‘medical’ cause

Question 10

Exacerbation

Answer 10

• Worsening of a disease

* Acute decline in a person’s chronic disease

Question 11

Hypo______

Answer 11

Under, below

Question 12

Hyper______

Answer 12

Above, over

Question 13

_____penia

Answer 13

lack of, deficiency

Question 14

______cytosis

Answer 14

refers to cells, increase

Question 15

_______osis

Answer 15

process or condition, production or increase, invasion or infection

Question 16

______itis

Answer 16

Inflammation

Question 17

______pathy

Answer 17

disease or suffering

Question 18

What do you want to know about if someone complains of a cough?

Answer 18

Productive?
Color?
Thick? Thin?
When do you cough?

Question 19

Cough:

Questions
Systems

Answer 19

Questions:
Acute or chronic
Allergies Allergies 
Smoking Smoking 
Medications Medications 
Sputum production Sputum production 
Other symptoms Other symptoms 

Systems:
Lungs
Heart

Question 20

Common symtoms

Answer 20

Cough 
Pain
     Headache
Swelling/edema
Fever
Fatigue
Weight loss