Pathophysiology
Chapters 1-3 solution
____ is the maintainence of a steady state
within the body. - answer ✅✅homeostasis
____ is the state of functional disequilibrium
that may be resolved by recovery or death. -
answer ✅✅disease
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Pathophysiology
Chapters 1-3 solution
____ is the maintainence of a steady state within the body. - answer ✅✅homeostasis ____ is the state of functional disequilibrium that may be resolved by recovery or death. - answer ✅✅disease
____ is the study of the physiological processes leading up to disease. - answer ✅✅Pathophysiology ____ are the objective evidence of disease observed on physical examination, such as abnormal pulse or fever. - answer ✅✅signs ____ are an indication of disease perceived by the patient, such as pain, dizziness, and itching. - answer (^) ✅✅symptoms ____ is the determination of the nature of a disease based on many factors, including, signs, symptoms, and often times lab results. - answer ✅✅diagnosis
____ is when signs and symptoms recur in all their severity. - answer ✅✅exacerbation A ____ is when a disease returns weeks or months after its apparent cessation. - answer ✅✅relapse A ____ is a disease or other abnormal state that develops in a person already suffering from a disease. - answer ✅✅complication ____ is a measure of the number of deaths attributed to a disease over a given period of time in a given population. - answer ✅✅mortality
____ is a measure of the disability and extend of illness caused by a disease. - answer ✅✅morbidity ____ is the studyof occurrence, transmission, distribution, and control of a disease. - answer ✅✅epidemiology ____ is the cause of disease. - answer ✅✅etiology If the cause of the disease is unknown it is said to be ____. - answer ✅✅idiopathic A treatment is said to be ____, when it is designed to manage or relieve symptom. - answer ✅✅palliative
Leukocytosis - answer ✅✅excessive production of WBC's Monocytes - answer ✅✅follows the neutrophils in the process of clearing debris Pyogenic - answer ✅✅pus forming bacteria Lymphocytes - answer ✅✅WBC produced by the lymph nodes, responds to bacteria Antigen - answer ✅✅specific immunity against antigens antibodies
Humoral immunity - answer ✅✅specific immunity that includes antibodies Autoimmunity - answer ✅✅occurs when individuals develop antibodies called autoantibodies Lupus - answer ✅✅chronic inflammatory disease that can affect various parts of the body Scleroderma - answer ✅✅autoimmune disease of the connective tissue AIDS - answer ✅✅destroys the individual's immune system, making the patient very susceptible to infection
From page 29 in the textbook name 5 of the 11 recommended immunizations scheduled for Children ages 0-6 - answer ✅✅varicella From page 29 in the textbook name 5 of the 11 recommended immunizations scheduled for Children ages 0-6 - answer ✅✅meningococcal From page 29 in the textbook name 5 of the 11 recommended immunizations scheduled for Children ages 0-6 - answer ✅✅Measles, Mumps, Rubella Pathogen - answer ✅✅disease-causing organism
Contagious - answer ✅✅diseases transmitted by human contact Noncommunicable - answer ✅✅diseases that cannot be transmitted directly person to person Epidemiology - answer ✅✅study of the transmission, occurrence, distribution of disease Endemic - answer ✅✅when a disease always occurs at low levels in a population Epidemic - answer ✅✅when a disease occurs in unusually large numbers over a specific area
Isolation - answer ✅✅in order to reduce the risk of infecton spreading, for example: staying home in bed Quarantine - answer ✅✅the separation of persons who may or may not be infected from healthy people until the infectious period has ended Endotoxin - answer ✅✅a potent toxin that causes life-threatening shock Protozoa - answer ✅✅examples are; amoeboids, flagellates, ciliates, and sporozoans Fungi - answer ✅✅examples are; chitin, mycelia, spores, and mycoses
Helminths - answer ✅✅parasitic worms Nosocomial - answer ✅✅hospital acquired infection Occupational Exposure to blood - answer ✅✅most common types of infectious diseases that healthcare workers can be exposed to, HIV, HBV, and HCV Antibiotic resistance - answer ✅✅Incorrect usage of antibiotics leads to this problem Common childhood vaccines - answer ✅✅polio, measles, mumps, rubella, and diphtheria