Pathology

Assessment

A hypothesis of the nature of cause of an injury

Sign

Objective data ( Senses ) (see, touch, smell, hear, taste) Measurable through senses

Symptom

Subjective data (not seen by the doctor and told by the patient or patient family member)

Acute

Sudden, short surration, responds wells to treatment, after illness returns to previous level of functioning

Chronic

Continues indefinitely, needs long term care

Diagnosis

identification and recognition of a possible disease/disorder

Prognosis

Prediction of forecasting of the disease/disorder, injury

Therapy

Management and care (treatment) of signs and symptoms

Conventional

Medical doctors and their allied health professionals

Complementary/Alternative

Healthcare approaches developed outside of conventional

Integrative

Conventional and complementary/alternative

Preventative

Vaccines, smoking ban, healthy lifestyle

Direct

person to person

Indirect

person to thing to person

Infectious

by a pathogen

Contagious

spread from person

Hepatitis A

Acute, Food or drink (fecal to oral), No treatment, Vaccine on request

Hepatitis B

Starts acute and can lead to chronic, Spread through sexual contact and childbirth, Antiviral treatment if chronic, Vaccine in grade 6 (boosters)

Hepatitis C

Starts acute and can lead to chronic, Spread through sharing of needles, 90% cure rate if known (antiviral), No vaccine (major cause of liver cancer)

Which organ system does HIV primarily attack?

Immune system

Stage 1 HIV

Acute Infection with flu like symptoms ( will stay at this stage and not progress if taking medicine )

Stage 2 HIV

Chronic Infection with no symptoms at first and then they develop ( will stay at this stage and not progress if taking medicine )

Stage 3 HIV

AIDS with damaged immune system (will stay at this stage if taking medicine, but if not then death)

What is the Treatment for HIV

Antiretroviral Therapy ART

Is there a Vaccine for HIV

No

What is the main mode of transmission for HIV

Needles, Sexual intercoarse, and pregnancy

What is the outlook for HIV stage one if you dont take medicine

2 weeks and then progression

What is the outlook for HIV stage two if you dont take medicine

10 years and then progression

What is the outlook for HIV stage three if you done take medicine

3 years and then death