HOSA Pathophysiology Disease Process and Terminology

stability of the body

showing no symptoms of disease

development of disease

abrupt onset of more or less severe symptoms that run a brief course (usually less than six months) then resolves or results in death

lasts longer than six months

makes a person or group more vulnerable to disease (age, gender, lifestyle, environment, heredity)

normal protective response to injury/disease, accompanied with redness, heat, swelling, pain, and loss of function

marked by fever, malaise, and loss of appetite

death of tissue

colon, manure; causes enteritis infection

skin, hair, anterior nares,causes wound infection, pneumonia, food poisoning, cellultis

oropharynx, skin, perineal area; causes strep throat, rhuematic fever,scarlet fever, impetigo

genitalia causes; urinary tract infection, wound infection, endometritis

lungs, cause tuberculosis

genitourinary tract, rectum,mouth, eye; causes gonorrhea, pelvic inflammation, infectious arthritis, conjunctivitis

wood tick, rocky mtn. spotted fever

skin; wound infection, bacteremia

infectious hepatits

serum hepatits

liver disease

cold sores; meingitis

Aids

URI infection LRI infection, ARDS

virus that causes fever and illness -- can cause encephalitis or meningitis or death --bites of mosquitos

aspergillosis; found in soil and dust

causes thrush and dermatitis; found in mouth skin colon, genital tract

found on mosquito which can cause malaria

cancer of epithelial cells

cancer of bone/muscle

cancer of immune system

cancer of melanin-producing cells

secondary tumors

gradual deterioration of immune system function

measurement of hemoglobin

percentage of blood volume occupied by red blood cells

hemoglobin with attached glucose

rate at which rbc fall out of whole blood to the bottom of the test tube

fasting blood glucose levels

Measures inflammation (CHD causes inflammation)

record of the electrical activity of the myocardium

ultrasound exam of the cardiac strucutre

uses a magnetic field to visualize internal structurs

radiographic using a scanner system

pain receptors