NURS 225 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-18: Cancer Cell, Unpaired Electron, Cellular Adaptation
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Health: a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not just the absence of disease. (who) Healthy people 2020: eliminate preventable diseases, achieve health equity and eliminate disparities, promote good health for all, promote healthy behaviors throughout life. Etiologic factors: causes of disease. (biologic agents; viruses and bacteria, physical forces; trauma and burns, genetic inheritance, nutritional excesses or deficits. ) Congenital conditions: deficits present at birth. (even if not evident until later in life) Acquired defects: caused by events after birth. (injury, infection, nutrition deficit, lack of. The environment can trigger or initiate a disease that an individual was predisposed to. Examples are fatigue, or sore throat, chills, pain. Syndrome: complication of signs and symptoms that are characteristic to a condition. Done by physical exam, health history, and diagnostic tests. Probability of a suspected disease varies on age gender, race, lifestyle, genetic background and location. Normal vs abnormal; normal value falls within 95% of the bell curve.
