Concepts of Health, wellness and illness Flashcards
(27 cards)
Definition
Health
presence or absence of disease
Definition
Health
BY WHO
state of complete physical, mental and social well being
Definition
Wellness
is an active process by which an individual progresses towards maximum potential possible, regardless of current state of health
Definition
Illness
Highly personal state where the person’s emotional, intellectual, social, developmental or spiritual functioning is diminished
Acute illness
- rapid onset
- intense manifestations
- relatively short duration
Chronic illness
- gradual onset
- lifelong changes
- usually irreversible
Disease
an alteration in body functions resulting in a reduction of capacities or shortening of the normal life span
Health beliefs
concepts about health that an individual believes
Health status
present condition of the patient
Health behavior
the actions that people tale to understand their health state, maintain an optimal level of health, prevent illness and injury and reach their maximum physical and mental health potential
Morbidity
The condition of being diseased
Morbidity rate
condition or quality of being subject to death
Epidemiology
the study of health and disease pattern as well as its occurrence and distribution in order to control and prevent disease
Susceptibility
the degree of resistance the potential host has against the pathogen
Etiologic agent
One that posses the potential for producing injury or disease
Virulence
Described the degree or level of pathogenicity of a particular microorganism and its ability to kill pathogens by releasing toxins
Pathology
The branch of medicine which deals with the cause, nature, treatment and resultant structural and functional changes of disease
Sign
an objective data or objective evidence or physical manifestation made apparent by special methods of examination or use of senses
Symptom
any disorder of appearance, sensation, or function experienced by the patient indicates a particular phase of the disease
Syndrome
A group of signs & symptoms which when considered together, characterize a
diseases.
Pathogenesis
Describes how a disease originates and develops, including the order of events, particularly from its inception until the development of characteristic lesion or disease
Diagnosis
the process of identifying or detecting the nature of a disease by recognizing manifestations exhibited and by undergoing laboratory test/procedures.
Prognosis
Prediction of course and end of the disease, medical opinion to the outcome of the disease process.
Recovery
Implies that a person has no observable or known after-effects from his illness
