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Final Exam Chapter 22,23, 24, 25, 26, 27

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etiology   study of cause of disease  
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diagnosis   science & skill of distinguishing one disorder or disease from another  
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sign   change in body that can be measured or observed as result of disease; ex. lesions, fever, swelling & paralysis  
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symptom   change in body function that is felt by patient as result of disease; ex. pain & malaise  
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prognosis   outcome from disease Lastly, there is treatment for disease  
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acute infection   symptoms develop rapidly but last for only short time; ex. influenza  
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chronic infection   disease develops slowly & disease continues or reoccurs for long periods; ex. Hepatitis B  
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local infection   pathogens are limited to a small area of body; ex. boils & abscesses  
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systemic infection   infection throughout body; ex. measles  
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primary infection   acute infection that causes initial illness  
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secondary infection   opportunistic infection after a primary (predisposing) infection; ex. Pneumocyctis pneumonia in AIDS patients  
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pneumonia   severe complication of bronchitis involving alveoli  
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pleurisy   infection of pleura  
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Know what 5 things are used during the diagnosis of illness   Clinician uses diagnosis, prognosis & treatment plan to figure out what is wrong with the person, what’s likely to happen next & what can be done to help  
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Know the 4 different stages in the progression of an illness   -Incubation: time between infection & appearance of signs or symptoms -Prodromal: time following incubation when mild -symptoms appear -Active: when symptoms reach their peak Convalescent: when symptoms decline  
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gastroenteritis causative agent   Enterohemorrhagic E. coli  
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dysentery causative agent    
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gastritis causative agent   E. coli bacteria  
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colitis causative agent    
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enterocolitis causative agent    
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hepatitis D causative agent   Hepatitis Delta virus  
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streptococcal pharyngitis causative agent   Streptococcus pyogenes  
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diphtheria causative agent   Corynebacterium diphtheriae  
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common cold causative agent   Rhino/ viruses, Corona/ viruses  
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pneumococcal pneumonia causative agent   Streptococcus pneumoniae  
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Haemophilus influenzae pneumonia causative agent   Haemophilus influenzae  
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legionellosis causative agent   Legionella pneumophila  
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pertussis causative agent   Bordetella pertussis  
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tuberculosis causative agent   Mycobacterium tuberculosis  
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influenza causative agent   influenza virus  
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histoplasmosis causative agent   Histoplasma capsulatum  
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Pneumocystis pneumonia   Pneumocystis jirovecii  
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gastritis   infection of the stomach  
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Enterocolitis   inflammation of the colon & small intestine  
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Colitis   inflammation of the colon  
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Dysentery   blood or mucus in diarrhea  
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Hepatitis   liver inflammation  
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