HLTH 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Common Cold, Palliative Care, Antibiotics
2 Oct 2018
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Human diseases - hlth 335 - exam 1 review. Risk factor = anything that predisposes an individual to the development of a disease. Prognosis = the predicted course and outcome of the disease. Chronic = disease may begin insidiously ( sneakily ) and be long-lived. Terminal = disease that will end in death. Terminology related to the stages of a disease. Exacerbation = signs and symptoms recur in all severity. Relapse = signs and symptoms return weeks or months later. Complication = a related disease or other abnormal state that develops in one already suffering from a disease. The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired. - hippocrates. The focus is becoming curing rather than preventing. The us spends more on healthcare than any other nation. 75% goes to treatment of chronic diseases. Investing in prevention would yield a significant reduction in disease and health care costs.
