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TNCC Physical Assessment ,Questions And Approved Answers ,2024 what are the two types of disease states? acute and chronic acute disease beginning suddenly with intense signs and symptoms and ending after treatment chronic disease developing slowly and continuing for a long period often for a...

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what are the two types of disease states?

acute and chronic

acute

disease beginning suddenly with intense signs and symptoms and ending after treatment

chronic

disease developing slowly and continuing for a long period often for an entire life time

remission

a partial or complete disappearance of signs and symptoms of a disease

organic disease

a structural change in an organ that interferes with its function

Give an example of an organic disease

diabetes mellitus

signs

objective data that can be heard, seen, felt or measured by the health care professional

symptoms

subjective data that the patient perceives and the health care professional would not know about unless
told by the patient

what is the term for removal of fluids from a body cavity, or wound?

drainage

what is the term for fluid that is slowly discharged from cells or blood vessels through small pores or
breaks in a membrane?

exudate

what is the medical term for redness?

erythema

what is the medical term for yellow?

jaundice

, what is the medical term for the yellow color of the normally white sclera of the eye?

scleral icterus

what is the medical term for blue coloration?

cyanosis

what is the medical term for itching?

pruritis

what does purulent mean?

containing pus

inflammation

a protective response of the body to irritation, injury or invasion by disease producing organisms

infection

disease caused by an invasion of microorganisms that produce tissue damage

etiology

the cause of a disease

what are the origins of disease?

heredity, congenital, inflammatory, degenerative, infectious, deficiency, metabolic, neoplastic, traumatic
and environmental

risk factor

any situation, habit, environmental condition, genetic predisposition, or physiologic condition that
increases the chance that an individual or group will become ill

what are the major categories of risk factors?

genetic, physiological, age, environment, and lifestyle

assessment

an evaluation of the patient's condition

chief complaint

immediate reason why the patient has sought health care

palpation

use of the hands and touch to gather data

percussion

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