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Patient Education
Pat Ed YBI Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is inflammation of the joints caused by the excessive uric acid levels in the blood and joints? | Gout |
| What is a lateral curve of the spine? | Scoliosis |
| What is the most serious type of skin cancer? | Malignant melanoma |
| What is an eruption of extremely painful vesicles that occur in a bandlike unilateral pattern along the course of a peripheral nerve? | Herpes zoster |
| What is a weakness that develops in the diaphram? | Hiatal hernia |
| Wha is a strong, tough strand or cord of dense connective tissue that serves as attachment for muscle to bone? | Tendon |
| What is the name of the injury involving the semilunar cartilages in the knee? | Torn meniscus |
| What is the disorder when a bone that is normally in contact with a joint but becomes separated from that joint causing loss of joint function? | Dislocation |
| What is a chronic, progressive, inflammatory disease of bones and joints caused by degenerative changes in the cartilage called? | Osetoarthritis |
| What is an abscess that involves the entire hair follicle and adjacent subcutaneous tissue? | Furuncle |
| What is a chronic skin condition marked by thick, flaky, red patches of various sizes, covered with characteristic white, silvery scales? | Psoriasis |
| What usually causes "traveler's diarrhea"? | Ingestion of food or water contaminated with bacteria |
| What may result with prolonged antibiotic therapy? | Oral thrush |
| What is a surgical procedure necessary because of peripheral vascular disease and consequent gangrene? | Amputation |
| What is the onset of a stiff and painful shoulder after injury or a period of disuse? | Frozen shoulder |
| Vitiamin D deficiency may cause what abnormal metabolic bone disease? | Osteomalacia |
| A patient with this disease may experience biliary colic, radiating pain, and jaundice. | Cholelithiasis |
| What disease is linked to a psychological disturbance in which hunger is denied by self-imposed starvation? | Anorexia nervosa |
| What are the causal factors of peptic ulcers? | H. pylori infection, NSAIDs, and stress |
| What group of minor illnesses cause the common cold? | Almost 200 viruses or mycoplasma |
| What is a condition in which out-pouches of the mucosa penetrate weak points in the muscular layer of the large intestine? | Diverticulosis |
| What is inflammation of the gallbladder commonly associated with gallstones called? | Cholecystitis |
| What refers to obstructive diseases of the lungs, including chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, asthma, emphysema, and pneumoconiosis? | COPD |
| What is a destructive disease of the alveoli and the adjacent capillary walls resulting in chronic dyspnea, cough, and the characteristic barrel chest? | Emphysema |
| What is an area of contained infectious material in the lung? | Pulmonary abscess |
| What is a common symptom of a tumor of the larynx? | Dysphonia |
| What are growths that form from distended mucous membranes protruding into the nasal cavity? | Nasal polyps |
| What is a fungal disease originating in the lungs, with the greatest occurrence in the Midwestern U.S.? | Histoplasmosis |
| What is a collection of air or gas in the pleural cavity, resulting in a collapsed lung? | Pneumothorax |
| The Epstein-Barr virus is the cause of what? | Infectious monocleosis |
| Reed-Sternberg cells in lymphatic tissue is diagnostic of what disease? | Hodgkin disease |
| What is the condition where fat-containing substances are deposited on the coronary artery lumens causing a narrowing? | CAD-coronary artery disease |
| What is the chronic hereditary form of anemia found predominately in the black race? | Sickle cell anemia |
| What is the condition in which the patient experiences chest pain with exertion? | Angina pectoris |
| What is a hereditary bleeding disease resulting from a deficiency of clotting factors? | Hemophilia |
| What is fluid shift into the extravascular spaces of the lungs with accompanying dyspnea, coughing, and bloody, frothy sputum? | Pulmonary edema |
| What is the condition that results in painless gross swelling of an extremity? | Lymphedema |
| What is an acute or chronic inflammation of the sac enclosing the heart called? | Pericarditis |
| What is the condition in which a reduction in the quantity of either red blood cells or hemoglobin exists? | Anemia |
| What organ produces insulin and glucagon? | Pancreas |
| What is the master gland of the endocrine system? | Pituitary gland |
| Damage to the pituitary gland may result from what? | Radiation, surgical removal, and ischemia |
| What is a congenital hypothyroid condition that causes mental and growth retardation in the infant or young child? | Cretinism |
| What is a deficiency in the release of vasopressin by the posterior pituitary gland? | Diabetes insipidus |
| What is insufficient secretion of PTH by the parathyroid gland called? | Hypoparathyroidism |
| What is interference with the conduction system of the heart called? | Cardiac arrhythmias |
| What is an adrenal insufficiency with progressive destruction of the adrenal gland? | Addison disease |
| What are nerves that transmit impulses toward the brain and spinal cord? | Afferent |
| A slight paralysis in either half of the body is known as what? | Hemiparesis |
| The presence of a painless lump or nodule on the thyroid gland may suggest what? | Cancer of the thyroid gland |
| What is unilateral facial paralysis called? | Bell's palsy |
| What is a collection or mass of blood that forms between the skull and the dura mater? | Epidural hematoma |
| Wkhat is a chronic brain disorder characterized by sudden episodes of abnormally intense electrical activity in the brain? | Epilepsy |
| What is paralysis of all four extremities? | Quadriplegia |
| What are periodic severe headaches that may be completely incapacitating? | Migraines |
| What is a highly contagious viral disease that affects the anterior horn cells of the gray matter in the spinal cord? | Poliomyelitis |
| Wkhat is inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord? | Meningitis |
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