Pathology 1: Week 1
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Created by:
aileenjanu on April 13, 2011
Subjects:
concepts of health and disease
Classes:
(NCNM) National College of Naturopathic Medicine
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Pathology | The study of disease and suffering A shift in morphology; testable |
| Pathophysiology | The alteration of physiology when disease is present |
| Health | No unduely noted attention of organs; nothing standing out; the absence of disease |
| Disease | Things aren't functioning or in balance |
| Syndrome | A "collection" of signs and symptoms that make up a recognizable, diagnosable pattern |
| The big four | Etiology Pathogenesis Morphology Functional Derangements |
| Etiology | The CAUSE of disease |
| Pathogenesis | The developmental process that takes place that leads to disease (part of pathophysiology) |
| Morphology | The Structural Changes that can be seen by looking at organs, diagnostic tools, ect. Includes: Gross Morphology: Large changes from normal appearance Histopathology: Microscopic changes |
| Functional Derangements | The Clinical Effects of the Disease |
| Homeostasis | The dynamic balance which maintains relatively constant conditions in the body |
| Morbidity | Illness Rate in a Population |
| Mortality | Death Rate in a Population |
| Iatrogenic | Treatment or Doctor-induced disease ; when a health professional makes a disease worse |
| Idiopathic | No known Etiology; AKA.. refer to an ND :) (Etiology does not need to be known to treat; can start to improve function) |
| Signs | Something the Doctor picks up on in Patient (symptoms may or may not be present) ; OBJECTIVE findings; i.e. high cholesterol, Hypertension, pancreatic/ovarian cancer |
| Symptoms | SUBJECTIVE experiences by patient |
| Multiple Levels of Wellness | From Optimal Health at the top to Death at the bottom As you move down the steps towards death = Declining health As you move up the steps towards optimal health= Improving health (Allopathic treatments can be toxic and add to disease but are working on bottom four steps) Middle steps: -Structural Stress -Chemical/Nutritional Stress -Electromagnetic Stress -Mental/Emotional/Spiritual Stress Bottom Steps: -Dysfunction -Disease -Signs/Sypmptoms -Degeneration -Death |
| Types of Healthcare | -Reactive -Preventative -Wellness |
| Reactive Healthcare | People that only consider their health when something goes wrong |
| Preventative Healthcare | When people do things to prevent disease and dysfunction; dealing with it before you get it |
| Wellness | Going beyond taking yourself out of disease to improve function as best you can *optimal health* |
| Models of the Health-Disease Continuum: Host Susceptibility: | -State of Nutrition, Digestion, Absorption, Metabolism, and Elimination -Fitness and Structural Functionality |
| Host Susceptibiltity: Emotional States | -Unresolved states -Cognitive Dissonance -Sympathetic Dominance -Dysfunctional breathing patterns -Perfectionism -Secondary Gain -Negative Self Talk |
| Unresolved States | An emotional processing that is still affecting emotional freedom |
| Cognitive Dissonance | What you believe as our core-value is not how you're living your life |
| Sympathetic Dominance | If your Autonomic Nervous System is dominated towards Sympathetic it will lead to disease |
| Dysfunctional Breathing Patterns | Breath Patterns affect Autonomic Nervous System Inhale= Sympathetic Exhale = Parasympathetic Effects Digestion: slow down before meals; chew well |
| Perfectionism | The belief that things can be done perfectly; this is a fallacy Some people have a type of perfectionism that affects their health; will hold breath when asked a question May be a response to a hostile environment earlier in life Don't start things or only do things they're good at (*Based on Fear*) Can lead to Burnout |
| Secondary Gain | Pay-off's for staying in a negative pattern; keeps the pattern going - but cost is usually alot bigger |
| Negative Self-Talk | -People who do this will push complements back at you - and consequently it alters the way people behave towards them -Not good! - |
| Host of Susceptibility | *Air *Water *Rest *Sleep |
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