Wk 1 Pathophysiology

Question 1

Pathophysiology

Answer 1

study of disease and injury and how it affects the body, changes in physiology of the body

Question 2

Patho

Answer 2

prefix for abnormal

Question 3

Pathology

Answer 3

laboratory study of cells and tissues

Question 4

Disease

Answer 4

disruption in homeostasis
- physical, mental, and social

Question 5

Homeostasis

Answer 5

• the body and organs function best when in the normal range
• tendency to maintain an equilibrium
• steady state of internal chemical and physical conditions
• normal BP, temp, pH

Question 6

Causes of disease

Answer 6

intrinsic and extrinsic

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Intrinsic conditions

Answer 7

conditions that come from inside the body, something is going wrong inside your body

Question 8

Extrinsic conditions

Answer 8

bacteria, virus
pathogen + conducive environment + susceptible host = disease

Question 9

Intrinsic factors

Answer 9

genes, immunity, age extremes, biologic gender

Question 10

Extrinsic

Answer 10

bacteria, viruses, injury, behaviors such as smoking or drinking alcohol, stressors, fungi

Question 11

Process of Disease

Answer 11

• Identification
• Occurrence
• Diagnosis
• Etiology
• Prognosis

Question 12

Identification

Answer 12

signs (objective) and symptoms (subjective)

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Occurrence

Answer 13

how often and when (time of year, like less flu in June)

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Diagnosis

Answer 14

identification, name to disease

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Etiology

Answer 15

cause, what led to the disease, we don’t always know

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Prognosis

Answer 16

likelihood of recovery, to get back to baseline

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Stages of Disease

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• Exposure
• Onset
• Remission
• Convalescence

Question 18

Exposure

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where, is everyone in the home okay, etc

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Onset

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sudden
insidious = more common with chronic, slow
latent = not active but lies in wait
prodromal = indicating onset of a disorder, pre-sickness like chills
manifestations = signs + symptoms

Question 20

Remission

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disease is no longer active

Question 21

Convalescence

Answer 21

recovering from the disease

Question 22

Types of diseases

Answer 22

idiopathic
iatrogenic
exacerbation

Question 23

Idiopathic

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we don’t know what the cause is, UNKNOWN, we might have ideas or theories

Question 24

Iatrogenic

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caused by some treatment, a “medical” cause, risks that can happen
ex: pressure ulcers, hospital acquired infections, intestinal wall perforation during colonoscopy, medication error

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Exacerbation

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worsening of a disease
acute decline in a person’s chronic disease
normally in relation to chronic disease
ex: asthma gets flared up

Question 26

Hypo_______

Answer 26

under, below

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Hyper_______

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above, over

Question 28

_________penia

Answer 28

lack of, deficiency

Question 29

_________cytosis

Answer 29

refers to cells, increase

Question 30

________osis

Answer 30

process or condition
production or increase
invasion or infection

Question 31

___________itis

Answer 31

inflammation

Question 32

________pathy

Answer 32

disease or suffering