Disease Prevention
This level of disease prevention takes action to reduce harm caused by medical intervention.
What is Quaternary Prevention?
This organ is known as the "master gland", is located at the base of the brain just behind the bridge of the nose, and regulates many body functions by secreting hormones to support body regulation.
What is the pituitary gland?
This disorder of the pancreas is evidenced by fatigue, polyuria, polydipsia, weight loss, and vision changes. It is caused by reduced or cessation of insulin production by the pancreas.
What is Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus?
This phase of wound infection is when the infection spreads into the bloodstream and affects the organs of the body.
What is systemic infection?
Hives, when accompanied by tightness in the throat, wheezing or SOB, hypotension, tachycardia, or a feeling of impending doom, becomes a medical emergency and is called _____.
This level of disease prevention is focused on social and economic policies that impact health to reduce risk factors that could lead to disease.
What is Primordial Prevention?
This organ uses the hormones insulin and glucagon to regulate the amount of glucose present in the blood.
What is the pancreas?
This disorder of the adrenal gland is manifested by fatigue, abdominal pain, nausea, hypotension, and weight loss. It is classified as either primary or secondary based on the cause.
What is Addison's Disease?
This phase of wound infection is characterized by is warmth, redness, swelling and pain in and around the wound.
What is Local infection?
This bacterial skin infection manifests as redness, swelling, pain, and warmth. It is common in lower extremities.
What is cellulitis?
This level of disease prevention works to prevent injury and disease after exposure has occurred but before the disease has manifested itself.
What is Secondary prevention?
What is the adrenal gland(s)?
This disorder of the pituitary gland is characterized by broadened hands, feet, and face; visual field defects; and headaches.
What is Acromegaly?
This phase of wound infection is when micro-organisms are present but aren’t causing infection yet.
What is the Contamination phase?
This bacterial skin infection is characterized by red itchy sores that may leak fluid and become crusty, yellow sores. The sores are commonly found around the nose and mouth.
What is impetigo?
This level of disease prevention reduces the risk factors that lead to injury or disease (example: vaccine/immunizations to prevent illness).
What is Primary Prevention?
This gland is responsible for body temperature regulation, metabolism, and determining satiety.
What is the hypothalamus?
This disorder of the thyroid is characterized by exophthalmos, goiter, skin thickening, insomnia, heat intolerance, fatigue, and weight loss.
What is Graves Disease?
This phase of wound infection is characterized by an extended area of erythema (redness), swelling of lymph nodes, and general findings such as fatigue, loss of appetite.
What is the "spreading infection" phase?
This viral skin infection is characterized by a painful, blistery rash that usually occurs on one side and may follow dermatomes. The blisters scab in 7-10 days.
What is Shingles?
This level of prevention reduces the complications for those who have the disease or illness (example: rehab after a stroke).
What is Tertiary Prevention?
This gland regulates sleep through the hormone melatonin.
What is the pineal gland?
This disorder of the hypothalamus is characterized by polydipsia and polyuria.
What is central diabetes insipidus?
This phase of wound infection is microbes have multiplied but do not yet form an infection.
What is the colonization phase?
This skin condition, caused by an overactive immune response, presents as dry, thick raised patches that are scaly or plaque-like, and are redish (sometimes purplish) in color.
What is Psoriasis?