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IV. Signs as evidence for disease found by physical exam or diagnostic tests
A. Can be asymptomatic
I. MECHANISMS OF DISEASE
II. People can change behavior if risk factors are known and screening tests
are done
V Genetic Diseases
A. 23 pairs of chromosomes
1. 22 pair = autosomes1 pair = sex chromosome = X and Y
VI. Infection
A. Caused by pathogens
B. Signs of local infection include: redness, swelling, heat, pain, fever, enlarged
lymph glands, pus, and red streaks
2. produce toxins end result is tissue damage that can affect the entire
organism
a. natural and chemical barriers such as skin, tears cilia, pH, body’s flora,
inflammatory response, and immune response
Repair
VIII. Cancer
X. Malnutrition
XII. Aging
A. What is pain, how do we interpret it, what type of pair, why do people have
different tolerance for pain are questions we need to understand in order to treat
people better
B. Pain is subjective and can be physiologic or psychologic
C. Nerve pain is often described as burning
D. Physiology of pain
E. pain receptors
F. Pain classification
G. can be acute, chronic, transient, or intractable
H. Pain relief
I. drugs, biofeedback
J. Function of Pain
K. necessary for survival
L. signal that something is wrong