Intro to Disease
Mo disease
Immunity and Disease
Diseases
Infectious Diseases
100

At times, signs and symptoms may grow more severe.

What is exacerbation?

100
Diseases that will end in death.
What is terminal?
100
Leukocytes that engulf and destroy pathogens are called these.
What are phagocytes?
100
Scleroderma is an autoimmune disease of this.
What is connective tissue?
100
Intravenous drug users who share needles can transmit infectious diseases such as Hepatitis B, Hepatits C and HIV via this route.
What is indirect contact?
200
The body's organ systemsnormally maintain temperature, pH, blood composition, and fluid levels in a precise range.
What is homeostasis?
200
Uses computers and x-rays to create three-dimensional images of internal structures.
What is Computed (CT) Tomography?
200
Natural killer cells.
What are leukocytes?
200
Ninety percent of lupus patients are ______.
Who are women?
200
The human immunodeficiency virus infects and kills this.
What are helper T cells?
300
A disease that causes no no signs or symptoms.
What is asymptomatic?
300
Treatment aims to to reduce or _____ a disease.
What is cure?
300
These increase the activity of macrophages and natural killer cells.
What are interferons?
300
The most common and initial signs of scleroderma are secondary _________.
What is Reynaud's phenomenom?
300
This type of transmission describes transmission of an infectious disease from a reservoir to a suseptible human.
What is horizontal?
400
A deviation from normal structure or function in the body that interrupts the performance of vital functions.
What is disease?
400
The goal of this treatment is to provide comfort and relieve pain.
What is palliative?
400
After an injury, the damaged cells release potent chemical signals called.
What are histamines and kinins?
400
Allergy shots induce the production of this in the blood.
What is IgG?
400
These diseases, heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes and arthritis are examples of _______ diseases.
What is chronic?
500
This is the process of identifying a disease or disorder.
What is diagnosis?
500
By eliminating these for a disease, a person may reduce the chance of developing that disease.
What are risk factors?
500
This can cause dehydration, nausea, disorientation, hallucinations, seizures and convulsions.
What are very high fevers?
500
Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma is cancer of this.
What are lymphocytes?
500
This describes how the cause of disease leads to anatomical and physiological changes in the body that ultimately result in disease.
What is pathogenesis?
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