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Disease processes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What describes a physiological process associated with disease or injury | pathophysiology |
| The cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition is: | etiology |
| What type of diabetes relies on insulin therapy? | Type one |
| What type of diabetes can be controlled by diet and exercise as well as medication? | Type two |
| PCOS, causes irregular menstrual cycles, elevated hormone levels, and multiple cysts on the ovaries, what is this called? | polycystic ovary syndrome |
| What autoimmune disease requires the use of levothyroxine? | hypothyroidism |
| Graves disease, thyroiditis, and Plummer's disease are all a type of: | Hyperthyroidisim |
| This is the most common type of skin cancer: | basal cell carcinoma BCC |
| This cancer is less common than BCC and is most common on the face or head: | squamous cell carcinoma |
| This cancer presents as an itchy bleeding mole, new mole, or mole with changes: | malignant melanoma |
| This skin problem occurs due to excess sebum and a surge in hormones: | acne vulgaris |
| This skin issue is often hereditary, is effected by hormone changes, chemotherapy, stress, burns, and fungal infections: | alopecia |
| The removal of tissue or growths from a body cavity, by scraping with a curette is: | curettage |
| the dying of tissue by a high frequency electric current applied with a needle shaped electrode is called: | electrodessication or fulguration |
| This is a method of excising skin cancers and microscopically examining each layer until the entire tumor is removed: | Mohs surgery |
| A non steroidal anti inflammatory medication is called: | NSAID |
| Staphylococcal and streptococcal bacterial infections that cause red tight skin with pain and inflamed area and fever is: | cellulitis |
| inflammation of the skin resulting in a rash and pruritus is: | dermatitis |
| chronic dermatitis with vesicular eruptions developing into itchy red scaly rash is: | eczema |
| Red itchy hair follicles from shaving or repeated rubbing or inflammation is: | folliculitis |
| There are 2 types of painful blisters that are caused by this condition and no known cure only antiviral treatments to decrease it, what is it? | herpes simplex |
| itchy oozy skin lesions with honey like appearing crust caused by step or staphylococcal | impetigo |
| This is a parasitic lice infestation with itchy skin | pediculosis |
| inherited autoimmune disorder with silvery, scaly, severely itchy skin lesions | psoriasis |
| Comes from contact with causative fungus and presents as flat, circular lesions | ring worm |
| dilation of small facial blood vessels causing redness is: | rosacea |
| an autoimmune disorder with joint stiffness and pain with fluid around the joints and a grating sound with movement of joints is called: | rheumatoid arthritis |
| caused by overuse, joint trauma, bacterial infection causing joint pain and swelling. What is the DX | bursitis |
| fever, pain at tumor site, fractures, bruising, usually effects males ages 10 to 20 years of age is called: | Ewing's sarcoma family of tumors |
| deposits of uric acid crystals in the joints causing joint pain usually in the big toe and knees is called: | Gout |
| This causes a hump back curvature due to retardation of growth usually in the growth plate but also caused by aging and degenerative disk disease what is this? | kyphosis |
| difficulty breathing is called: | dyspnea |
| profuse sweating is called: | diaphoresis |
| accumulation of fluid causing swelling in tissues, usually in the lower extremities is called: | peripheral edema |
| acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is also known as: | AIDS |
| human immunodeficiency virus is what virus and what does it cause? | HIV causes AIDS |
| Epstein Barr virus or cytomegalovirus is also know as: | mononucleosis the kissing disease |
| CHF is also known as: | congestive heart failure |
| COPD is also know as | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| A myocardial infarction is a: | heart attack |
| coronary artery disease is also known as: | atherosclerosis |
| the lack of enzymes that break down gluten, triggers autoimmune reaction if gluten is eaten and is a genetic defect is called: | celiac disease |
| lacking oxygen in the body: | hypoxia |
| runny nose is called | rhinorrhea |
| difficulty breathing in any position other than standing or sitting is called: | orthopnea |
| a blood clot blocking an artery in the lung is called | pulmonary embolism |
| SARS stands for: | sever acute respiratory syndrome |
| TB bacterial infection is known as: | tuberculosis |
| Weakness or paralysis of the face with drooping, numbness, and/or headache that resolves on it's own is known as: | Bells palsy |
| destruction of a kidney stone using shock waves is called | lithotripsy |
| if something is said to be idiopathic it is: | of an unknown origin |
| RICE is the acronym used to treat many musculoskeletal system injuries and it means: | rest, ice, compression, elevation |
| The rate of new or newly diagnosed causes of a disease or injury is known as | incidence |
| the number of active cases of a disease or injury is known as: | prevalence |
| When a disease spreads rapidly thru one group or community of people it is called: | an epidemic |
| when a disease spreads world wide it is known as a | pandemic |
| When a disease is an illness that is constantly present it is known as | endemic |
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