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In order to remember major diseases, use
D-A-P-C-T
Describe each letter
- Definition - or description of disease
- Aetiology - or cause of disease
- Pathogenesis - or development/progress of disease
- Clinical features - signs/symptoms
- Therapy & prognosis - treatment and outlook
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Define Pathology
The study of structural and functional abnormalities that are expressed as disease of organs and systems
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Define Pathological Anatomy
The study of structural changes caused by disease
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Define Pathogen
A disease causing organism (bacteria, virus, fungus)
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Define pathogenesis
The development of a disease or a morbid pathological state
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Define aetiology
The study of the causes of disease, theories of the origin and the organism
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Define Prognosis
A forecast of the probable results of a disorder, the outlook for recovery
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Define Symptom
- An abnormality that indicates the presence of a disease or disorder.
- E.g. subjective feelings of a patient - pain, nausea, dizziness (can't be seen)
- it is not visible
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Define Sign
- Any objective evidence of a disease
- E.g. Lesions, swelling or fever
- Visible, measurable
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Define Syndrome
A group of signs and symptoms that are characteristic of a particular disease or abnormal condition
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Define Lesion
Any change in tissue formation - e.g. swelling, lumps, lacerations
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Define Systemic
affecting the whole body - generalised
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