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Lesson
4 Stress susceptible to:
1. Infection - multiplication of microorganism
with host organisms
2. Disease Condition - state that the body
Microorganisms and A
doesn’t function normally
Human Diseases 3. Symptoms - disease characterized that
can be observed on felt by the patient
4. Syndrome - combination of the signs and
symptoms that occur together
5. Sign - characteristics of disease that can
be observed by examining the patients

Stages of diseases: Port of Entry

1. Primary – Initial 1. Respiratory
2. Gastrointestinal track
2. Secondary – Deflect 3. Urinary track
4. Body Contact
3. Super Infection

Epidemiology Categories (Allergy)

•S t u d y o f t h e f a c t o r s a n d
m e ch a n i s m s t h at gove r n t h e 1. Inhalant – that are breath in,
s p re a d t h e d i s e a s e w i t h i n a including such substance as
property d u s t , p o l l e n , f e at h e rs a n d
animal dander
Allergy
• State of special sensitivity to a Example: hay fever
particular environment substance
or ALLERGEN.

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Categories (Allergy) Categories (Allergy)

2. Contactant – that are touched, 3. Ingestant – that are swallowed.

i n cl u d i n g s u ch s u b s t a n c e a s
poison ivy, poison oak, cosmetics,
detergents, fabric and dyes.
Example: Contact dermatitis
Variety of foods and meditations
can act as ingesting allergies
Example: milk, egg, fish, peanuts,
chocolate, strawberries, tomatoes
and citrus fruits.

Categories (Allergy)
4 . I n j e c t a n t – s u b s t a n c e t h at
penetrate the skin such as insect
and venom
Diagnosis of Human
Disease
1. D i f f e r e n t i a l b l o o d c o u n t –
determine the concentration of
different types of blood cells to
provide general individual of the
nature of an infecting agent.

Diagnosis of Human
Disease
2. Skin testing based on delayed
hypersensitive reaction:
Example:

a. Coccidioidomycosis
b. Histoplasmosis
c. Leprosy