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What is Etiology?
Study of causes or reasons for phenomena
Identifies causal factors acting in concert that provoke a particular disease or injury
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What does Idiopathic mean?
The cause is unknow
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What does Iatrogenic mean?
Causes results from unintended or unwanted medical treatment.
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What are Ris Factors?
A factor that when present increases the likelihood or disesis.
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Pathogenesis?
Development or evolution of disease, from initial stimulus to ultimate expression of manifestations of disease
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Stages and Clinical Course
Latent period?
time between exposure to first apperance of signs/ symptoms
Also
ref to the period during an illness when s&s temporarily become mild or silent
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Stages and Clinical Course
Prodromal Period?
time during whick first signs/sympt appear or onset of disease occures
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What are Symptoms?
subjective feeling or abnormality in the body
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Signs?
objective or observed manifestation of disease
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Syndrome?
set of S&S not yet getermined to delineate a disease
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Stages and Clinical Course
Subclinical stage
patient functions normally; disease process are well established
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Stages and Clinical Course
Acute clinical course?
short lived; may have severe manifestation
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Stages and Clinical Course
Chronic clinical course
many last months to years, sometimes following acute course
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Stages and Clinical Course
Exacerbation
increase in severity, signs, or symptoms
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Stages and Clinical Course
Remission
decrease in severity, signs, or symptoms; may indicate disease is cured
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Stages and Clinical Course
Convalescence?
stage of recovery after a disease, injury, or surgical procedure
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Stages and Clinical Course
Sequelae?
subsequent pathologic condition resulting from an acute illness
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Epidemiology?
study of the patterns of disease involving populations (to help predict where disease will be in 5 years)
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Endemic disease?
native to local region
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Epidemic disease?
Spread to many people at the same time
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Pandemic disease?
spread to large geographic areas.
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Factors Affecting patterns or disease?
- age
- ethinc group
- gender
- SES/lifestyle considerations
- Geographic location
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LEVELS OF PREVENTION
Primary
altering susceptibility; reducing exposure for susceptible persons.
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LEVELS OF PREVENTION
Secondary?
early detection, screening, and management of disease
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LEVELS OF PREVENTION
Tertiary?
rehabilitation, supportive care, reducing disability, and restoring effective functioning following disease
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