Introduction to the Mechanisms of Disease

Vindicate

• Vascular
• Blood vessels
• Inflammation
• Clots and blockages

• Infectious/inflammatory

• Neoplasia
• New growth – cancer

• Drugs/toxins

• Intervention/iatrogenic
• Iatrogenic – complication caused by doctor

• Congenital/developmental
• Disease you’re born with

• Autoimmune

• Trauma

• Endocrine

• Metabolic