PREDISPOSING FACTORS
A predisposing factor is a condition or situation that may make a person more at risk or susceptible to disease. Some predisposing factors include heredity, age, gender, environment, and lifestyle....
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HEREDITARY DISEASES
The problem with the gene pool is there is no lifeguard. —STEVEN WRIGHT Hereditary diseases are the result of a person’s genetic makeup. It is uncertain to what extent environmental factors influence...
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INFLAMMATION AND INFECTION
Inflammation is the body’s immunologic response to tissue damage caused by the invasion of foreign bodies, microorganisms, or harmful chemicals. This invasion may result from trauma; physical agents...
View ArticleTRAUMA
The leading cause of death in the United States for persons younger than age 35 is physical trauma, an injury or a wound caused by external force or violence. According to the National Center for...
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EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL AGENTS
Physical and chemical agents can adversely affect the body; the severity of the effects depends on many factors. If exposure to the irritant is short in duration and frequency, is fairly localized, and...
View ArticleNEOPLASIA AND CANCER
Neoplasia means “new formation” or “new growth.” A neoplasm is a new and abnormal formation of tissue. The abnormal tissue may form a tumor; in leukemia, however, the abnormal tissue is found in the...
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IMMUNE-RELATED FACTORS IN DISEASE
The Immune Response Immunity is the security against a particular disease or the state of being nonsusceptible to pathogenic effects of disease-causing organisms. The body’s immune system is both...
View ArticleNUTRITIONAL IMBALANCE
Nutritional imbalance can cause growth problems, specific diseases, and even death. Nutritional imbalances, deficiencies, and excesses are becoming more apparent as causes of health problems worldwide....
View ArticleOTHER CAUSES OF DISEASE
Some diseases, having no known cause, are described as idiopathic. When the cause is unknown, the disease can be treated only symptomatically. Some diseases are iatrogenic—that is, they are caused by...
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SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS
ICD-9: 690.1x Description Seborrheic dermatitis is a chronic functional disease of the sebaceous glands marked by an increase in the amount and often alteration in the quality of the sebaceous...
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What Is Nutritional Imbalance & What Forms Are There?
Nutritional imbalance can be caused by an inability of the body to absorb certain nutrients or result from a poor diet. Depending on the nutrients in short or excess supply, imbalances create...
View ArticleAsthma Risk Factors
The most common risk factors for developing asthma is having a parent with asthma, having frequent respiratory infections as a child, having an allergic condition, or being exposed to certain chemical...
View ArticleRisk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes
Your chances of developing type 2 diabetes depend on a combination of risk factors such as your genes and lifestyle. Although you can’t change risk factors such as family history, age, or ethnicity,...
View ArticleRisk Factors for Cancer
It is usually not possible to know exactly why one person develops cancer and another doesn’t. But research has shown that certain risk factors may increase a person’s chances of developing cancer....
View ArticleRisk factors in health and disease
Introduction Health and wellbeing are affected by many factors – those linked to poor health, disability, disease or death, are known as risk factors. A risk factor is a characteristic, condition, or...
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