300816 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cerebral Palsy, Inflammation, Vascular Disease
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Initiated before or during birth, but some may not cause clinical signs and symptoms until adult life. May be due to genetic defects, either inherited from the parents or mutations before birth, or to external interference with normal development. E. g. of genetic disease is cystic fibrosis. E. g. of non-genetic disease is rubella associated malformations and cerebral palsy from hypoxia. Due to environmental causes and can be broken down further; Vascular disorders; resulting from abnormal blood flow. Iatrogenic disease; which is any ill health induced by a medical practitioner"s words or actions. Is the study of disease in populations. It involves recording and analysing data about disease in groups of people rather than in the individual patient. Incidence rate is the number of new cases of the disease occurring in a population of defined size during a defined period. Prevalence is the number of cases of the disease to be found in a defined population at a specific point in time.
