HSC 4555 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fibromyalgia, Metabolic Disorder, Bone Density
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Etiology-causative agent for the disease itself ex: environmental-brought on by stress. Ex: you have a virus- how did the virus lead to disruption. Steps that lead to the development of the disease. *know steps of disease and how it develops. General: alteration at the level of cell or tissue caused by a stimuli. If something is going wrong in body it most likely started at level of the cell. Systems: abnormalities of the organs itself (textbook is set up this way) Question asks: why does this person have this disease. Ex: patient is presented with fever, sore throat- what is the etiology? looking for strep being present. Causative agent: hiv virus causes hiv (direct link) Most disorders are a combination of genetic/environment factors. Smoking is a risk factor will fall under etiology. Symptoms cannot be observed by others, the doctor must trust that the patient is actually feeling nauseas. Ex: fibromyalgia don"t really know why the patient has pain.