Gen Patho

• The identification of a specific disease through the evaluation of signs and symptoms, laboratory tests, or other tools.

  Diagnosis
• The causative factors that led to the disease.

  Etiology
• The cause of the disease is unknown.

  Idiopathic
• When a treatment, a procedure, or an error may cause disease.

  Iatrogenic
• Those that promote the development of a disease.

  Predisposing factors
• The likelihood of avoiding the development of disease through proper lifestyle practices, vaccination, or removal of harmful materials in the environment.

  Prevention
• The development of the disease.

  Pathogenesis
• A short-term illness that develops quickly.

  Acute
• The disease may be sudden or insidious.

  Onset
• A milder condition developing gradually.

  Chronic
• A certain changes but no obvious manifestations occur in the patient.

  Subclinical
• No clinical signs are evident characterizes some diseases.

  Initial latent stage
• In infections, initial latent stage is known as _______.

  Incubation period
• The time of the early development of the disease when a person is aware of the changes in the body.

  Prodromal period
• The clinical evidence or effects of a disease.

  Manifestations
• The objective indicators of a disease that are obvious to someone other than the affected individual.

  Signs
• Subjective feelings.

  Symptoms
• A term used to describe specific local changes in a tissue.

  Lesion
• A collection of signs and symptoms.

  Syndrome
• Manifestations of a disease subside.

  Remissions
• Signs of a disease increase.

  Exacerbations
• A condition that triggers an acute episode.

  Precipitating factor
• New or secondary additional problems that arise after the original disease.

  Complications
• Treatment measures used to promote recovery.

  Therapy
• Potential unwanted outcomes of a primary condition.

  Sequelae
• A period of recovery and return to the normal state.

  Convalescence
• The probability or likelihood for recovery

  Prognosis
• The disease rates within a group or the functional impairment that certain conditions inflict in a population.

  Morbidity
• The relative number of deaths resulting from a particular disease.

  Mortality
• Occur when there are many cases of an infectious disease within a given area.

  Epidemic
• Involve high numbers of cases in several regions (or globally).

  Pandemic
• The number of new cases in a given population.

  Incidence
• The number of both new and old cases within a specific population and time period.

  Prevalence
• Infections that can be spread from one person to another.

  Communicable diseases
• Branch of medical science primarily concerning the cause, origin, and nature of disease.

  Pathology
• A deviation from the normal state or from a state of wellness.

  Disease
• What are the four (4) aspects of the disease process?

  • Etiology

  • Pathogenesis

  • Morphology

  • Pathophysiology
• The factor responsible for lesions or a disease state.

  Etiologic agent
• Factors which make an individual more susceptible to a disease.

  Predisposing causes of disease
• Factors which excite or provoke the disease condition.

  Exciting causes of disease