chapter 1 Human Disease

An individual had a bone graft in preparation for a tooth implant, and the area became infected. This is an example of what?

Complication

A patient with end-teem cancer has opted for palliative treatment. What does that mean?

The patient wants treatment aimed at preventing pain and discomfort

Examples of preventive treatment includes all of the following except?

Physical therapy

Diseases that commonly lead to the death of an individual are said to have a high rate of what?

Mortality

The alteration of homeostasis, the state of sameness, is the underlying concept of what term?

Diseases

Bioethics is a branch of ethics concernced specifically with what?

Life decisions

Treatment interventions may include?

Medications, nutritional modifications, education, all of the above

How is systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) classified?

Idiopathic

A sprained ankle takes a very long time to heal, and the ankle may now be prone to repeated injury. In terms of pathogenesis, it would be described as what?

Chronic

A patient had hid-replacement surgery, and while in the hospital, contracted COVID 19. which term described the cause of the illness?

Nosocomial

An example of an acute disease is?

Middle ear infection

If the physician is tapping over various body areas to produce a vibrating sound, what skill is the physician using?

Percussion

Most acute diseases are related to what?

Respiratiry system

An example of an acute illness is?

Sore throat

The centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that you scrub your hands for how long to avoid getting sick and spreading germs?

20 seconds

If a disease arises as a result of a prescribed treatment, that cause is said to be what?

Iatrogenic

A derangement or abnormality of function, such as vitamin deficiency, is called a what?

Disorder

In terms of pathogenesis, which of the following would be chronic condition?

Hypertension

How would the pathogenesis of a disease that lasts for an extended period, such as heart disease, be classified?

Chronic

Medications, education, and nutritional modifications are all examples of which of the following?

Treatment interventions

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that you wash your hands after doing which of the following to avoid getting sick and spreading germs?

Using the restroom

Homeostasis

State of the sameness that the body strives to maintain

Syndrome

Down

Etiology

Cause

Idiopathic

Unknown

Predisposing

Risk factors

Prognosis

Outcome

Pathogen

Bacteria

Nosocomial

Disease acquired from the hospital environment

Iatrogenic

Problem that arose is related to the prescribed treatment

Prevalent

Occurs more frequently

If a physician is using the skill of auscultaruon during a physical examination, what is the physician doing?

Using the stethoscope to listen to the body cavities

The holistic medicine concept considers which of the following aspects of being?

Psychological, spiritual, and cognitive

After feeling better for a while, a patient with a chronic disorder is experiencing a flare up symptoms. This patient is now going through a period of what?

Exacerbation

Participation in ethical decision-making requires members to follow some basic rule, which can include which of the following?

Listening with an open mind to all opinions

An example of an acute illness is?

Sore throat

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that you wash your hands before doing which of the following to avoid getting sick and spreading germs?

Preparing food

An example of an acute disease is?

Middle ear infection

A cold progressed through the stage of inoculation, incubation, full blown illness, and recovery. This process is known as the colds?

Pathogeneiss

During an examination, when the physician is presses firmly on internal organs or structures, what skill is the physicians using?

Palpation