About Pathophysiology

The physiology of abnormal states; specifically the functional changes that accompany a particular syndrome or disease. Pathophysiology does not deal directly with the treatment of disease. Rather, it explains the processes within the body that result in the signs and symptoms of a disease. A key field here is inflammation, infection, hypoxia, stress, shock, pain, deregulation, Cellular and molecular pathophysiology, Neuroscience, Heart and circulation, Respiratory system, Renal, fluid and electrolyte pathophysiology, Gastrointestinal and hepatic system, Endocrine system, Metabolic disorders, Blood system, Immune system, Reproductive system, Locomotor system.