Human Health and Disease Chapter 1

Disease

A compromise to body function.

Symptoms

Manifestations of disease (swelling, lesions, reactions).

Etiology

Cause of disease you are talking about (bacteria, virus).

Pathogenesis

Progressions of disease (chronic, acute).

VINDICATE-M

Classification of disease.

Vascular

Is it vascular?

Infectious

Are they suffering because infected?

Neoplastic

Cancer.

Degenerative

Degeneration of tissue.

Idiopathic

Unknown cause?

Congenital

Are they born with it?

Allergic

Autoimmune - body has trouble deciphering foreign things.

Traumatic

Related to injury.

Endocrine

Hormonal disease.

Metabolic

Related to metabolism.

Diagnosis

Determination of the nature and cause of illness.

Prognosis

An opinion regarding the outcome of the disease.

Differential diagnosis

Consideration of multiple diseases with similar symptoms.

Sensitivity

Percentage that registered a patient as positive.

Specificity

Percentage of patients that test negative for the disease.

CT scan (Computed Tomography)

Circular apparatus that produces a 3D scan of low density tissues such as organs.

MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)

A giant magnet that spins around you and shakes the hydrogen particles.

PET Scan (positron emission tomography)

Used for determining metabolic activity of organ or tissue.

Ultrasound

Uses sound waves to produce images.

Electrocardiogram

Examines electrical activity of the heart.

Electroencephalogram

Examines electrical activity of the brain.

Electromyogram

Examines electrical activity of skeletal muscle.

Specific treatment

Used when the cause and nature of the disease is unknown.

Symptomatic treatment

Designed to relieve symptoms.