Terminology
Objective abnormality, can be seen or measured
What is a sign?
A statement regarding the likely outcome of a disease
What is a prognosis?
Malignant tumors are called this
What is a cancer?
Acute and Chronic are
What are types of inflammation?
Age, gender, nutrition, infectious agent
What are factors that affect spread of disease?
Subjective abnormality, something that is said
What is a symptom?
Period when signs and symptoms increase
What is exacerbation?
Grows slowly, no metastasis
What is Benign?
Redness, heat, pain and swelling
What are signs of inflammation?
Increase of number of abnormal cells
What is Anaplasia?
Collection of s/s with a common cause
What is a syndrome?
Severe loss of appetite, weight loss and general weakness in a cancer patient
What is Cachexia?
Self examination, blood testing bx
What are ways to dx CA?
Compounds released when cells are damaged
What are Inflammation mediators?
Lessen or reversal of s/s
What is remission?
Disease with undetermined causes (unknown etiology)
What is idiopathic?
State of physical, social, mental well being and not just the absence of disease
What is Health?
Spread of a tumor to another part of the body
What is metastasis?
These are triggers of acute inflammation (name at least 2)
What are infections, immune reactions, blunt and penetrating trauma, physical and chemical agents, burns, frostbite, caustic chemicals, tissue, necrosis?
Vaccines
What is an examples of control and prevention of a disease or pathogen?
The study of the occurrences, distrubution and transmission of diseases in human populations
What is an Epidemiology?
Study of underlying physiological processes associated with disease
What is Pathophysiology?
Unusual bleeding, sore that does not heal, cough and hoarseness
What are CA warning signs?
Protective response to irritant/injury, process that attempts to minimize injury and maintain homeostasis
What is inflammatory response?
Malignant epithelial tumors
What are carcinomas?