Intro To Pathophysiology

Question 1

Pathophysiology

Answer 1

Study of changes in the body cause by disease and injury

Question 2

Disease

Answer 2

Disruption in physical, mental, or social homeostasis

Question 3

Intrinsic cause of disease

Answer 3

Something wrong in the body (autoimmune, extremes of age, gender, immune)

Question 4

Extrinsic cause of disease

Answer 4

Virus, bacteria, injury, fungi

Question 5

Process of disease

Answer 5

Identification, occurrence, diagnosis, etiology, prognosis

Question 6

Identification of disease

Answer 6

Objective signs and subjective symptoms

Question 7

Occurrence of disease

Answer 7

How often, when (seasonal)

Question 8

Insidious onset

Answer 8

Gradual

Question 9

Latent onset

Answer 9

Shingles

Question 10

Prodromal onset

Answer 10

Comes before true sickness; nonspecific sx

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Etiology

Answer 11

Cause of disease

Question 12

Prognosis

Answer 12

Likelihood of recovery, getting back to baseline

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Convalescence

Answer 13

Disease recovery

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Idiopathic

Answer 14

Unknown cause; may be ideas or theories

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Iatrogenic

Answer 15

Caused by treatment of a medical cause; ex: pressure ulcer

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Exacerbation

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Worsening disease, acute decline in person’s chronic condition (ex: asthma)

Question 17

How do we identify diseases

Answer 17

Common symptoms—Cough, pain, headache, swelling, fever, fatigue, weight loss

Question 18

Stages of disease

Answer 18

Exposure, onset, remission, convalescence