Pathology 2420A Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fetus, Heat Stroke, Coronary Artery Disease
3 Mar 2016
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Pathology study of disease. Clinical signs subjective complaints from the patient (eg. pain, dizziness, nausea) Broad definition: pattern of response of living organisms to injury. When cells fail to adapt to the injury, or adaptive mechanism itself becomes harmful, disease results. Therefore disease is any deviation, interruption of, the normal structure or function or a tissue, organ or system. Diseases can impact people in 2 ways: Morbidity and mortality in canadians. Life expectancy women live longer. Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death. Life expectancy increased 2000 2009/11: m 79. 3 f 83. 6. Mental disorders the leading cause of hospitalization from 20- 24 (13,728) Latter half of 20th century. Due to sanitization, medical care and in surgical and drug- related treatments. However, rise in respiratory tract cancers (eg. lung cancer) and chronic lower respiratory diseases caused by overwhelmingly by tobacco smoking. Slight decrease in deaths (2008 and 2009 238,418), number rose (2010 240,075 and 2011 242,074).
