Common Chronic And Acute Condition: 18

Question 1

Acute illness

Answer 1

The illness has a rapid onset

Can be treated immediately

Question 2

Chronic illness

Answer 2

Is long-term illness

Ex: diabetes

Question 3

Scabies

Answer 3

Skin infection caused by tiny mite

Question 4

Wound

Answer 4

Injury

Question 5

Dermatitis

Answer 5

Inflammation or swelling of skin

Question 6

Arthritis

Answer 6

Inflammation or swelling of the joints that causes inflammation

Question 7

Autoimmune Illness

Answer 7

Illness that causes the body’s immune system to attack normal tissue in the body

Question 8

Osteoarthritis

Answer 8

Degenerative joint disease (DJD)

Caused by degenerative arthritis

Question 9

Rheumatoid arthritis

Answer 9

Joints become red ,swollen and very painful

It affects any age

Question 10

Osteoporosis

Answer 10

Bones lose density

Support these types patients with pillows

Question 11

Closed fracture

Answer 11

Is a broken bone that does not break the skin

Question 12

Open fracture

Answer 12

Broken bone that penetrates the skin

Mostly likely to wear a cast

Question 13

Muscular dystrophy (MD)

Answer 13

A progressive disease that causes a variety of physical disabilities

Question 14

Amputation

Answer 14

Is a surgical removal of some or all body parts

Question 15

Phantom sensation

Answer 15

A person feels that the body part is still there

Question 16

Phantom limb pain

Answer 16

Occurs when the person feels pain in a limb

Question 17

CVA or Stroke

Answer 17

Cerebrovasular

Occurs when a person has blood clots

Question 18

Parkinson’s disease

Answer 18

A disease that causes a section of the brain to degenerate

It affects the muscles

So patients use a shuffling gait

Question 19

Multiple sclerosis (MS)

Answer 19

Affects the central nervous system

Most common in child-bearing age

Question 20

Paraplegia

Answer 20

Lose of function of the lower body and legs

Question 21

Quadriplegia

Answer 21

Loss of function in the legs ,trunk and arms

Question 22

Epilepsy

Answer 22

Brain disorder

Question 23

Cataract

Answer 23

Lens of the eye

Question 24

Glaucoma

Answer 24

A disease leading to blindness

Question 25

Diabetes retinopathy

Answer 25

Damage to the retina

Question 26

Hypertension

Answer 26

Blood pressure measures of 130/80 or higher

Question 27

Angina pectoris

Answer 27

The heart is not getting enough oxygen and causes chest pain The patients w/t this to stop whatever they are doing

Question 28

Myocardial infarction (MI) or heart attack

Answer 28

Blood flow to the heart is blocked

Question 29

Hyperthyroidism

Answer 29

Too much thyroid hormone

Question 30

Hypothetically

Answer 30

Body lacks thyroid hormones

Question 31

Chlamydia

Answer 31

Is an organisms introduced into the mucous membranes of the reproductive tract

Question 32

Kaposi’s sarcoma

Answer 32

Is a rare type of skin cancer