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When there is an underlying disease or other conditions are present at the time of the patient's office visit this is termed?
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What does underlying disease mean?
The word Underlying means "underneath" of "beneath". An underlying medical condition often refers to a condition that may or may not be hidden by something more obvious, and may or may not be present with another medical condition. Underlying Medical Conditions often contribute to another symptom or disease. Many underlying medical conditions may also be considered co-morbidities (co-diseases). Examples of underlying medical conditions include: Obesity Compromised immune system Diabetes Malabsorption
How do most patients present with hodgkin disease?
typical type of ceels have seen in hodgkins disease called as "reed stenbergs cells"
What conditions are present when hemolytic disease of the newborn occurs?
Hemolytic disease of the newborn is known as erythroblastosis fetalis
What is the likelihood of successful pregnancy after recurrent miscarriage?
If there is no underlying disease or abnormality present, the rate of successful pregnancy after several miscarriages approaches normal.
How do patients with metastasized melanoma react to therapy?
Treatment for those patients who present with or go on to develop systemic disease usually fails; melanoma that has metastasized to the brain is particularly difficult to treat.
Discuss a present day infectious disease that is of concern today. How does the MA play a part in the handling of patients with such diseases?
COVID-19
How can you get this disease?
Diseases and conditions can be congenital or acquired. Congenital means present at birth. Acquired means encountered at any point in life, but not in the womb or present at birth.
Patients who have elevated levels of C-reactive protein present in their blood are at risk for what disease?
Patients with prolonged elevated levels of C-reactive protein are at an increased risk for heart disease, stroke, hypertension (high blood pressure), diabetes, and metabolic syndrome (insulin resistance, a precursor of type 2 diabetes).
Why doesnt prescribing antibiotics to humans everytime they have a disease will not help elminate diseases caused by bacteria?
Because the CONDITIONS that caused the illness and disease are still present. Antibiotics are a shortcut that don't fix the real problems. Proper nutrition, physical activity, sleep, sunlight, and water and the only ways to change the conditions in your body from disease to health.
Is blood in stools a communicable or a non-communicable disease?
A bloody stool is not a communicable disease. The underlying cause of the blood is not known and therefore could be from something that is not infectious. However it should be noted that the presence of blood is considered a hazard because of the possibility of a blood borne pathogen being present.
How many people have died of Swine Flu in the UK without underlying complications?
While there is continuous monitoring of the cases and deaths of swine flu, statistics are not being reported yet about all the individual cases of death and whether or not an underlying condition was present and contributed to the death in every case. For the most part, it is the majority of those people who have severe medical conditions such as asthma, chronic lung disease, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, heart disease, the very young and pregnant women or are otherwise among the high risk groups who are having the serious complications and are dying from this disease. In others who have been infected, the symptoms and course of the flu are relatively very mild.
What are the long-term effects of lupus?
Long term effects of lupus are entirely dependent upon the severity of the disease, how long the disease has been present, and the organs and tissues affected. Some lupus patients live full productive lives with normal life spans even though they have lupus. Other lupus patients live only days and die.
