at risk

at risk,

the state of an individual or population being vulnerable to a particular disease or event. The factors determining risk may be environmental, psychosocial, psychologic, or physiologic. An example of an environmental factor is exposure to harmful substances or organisms. An example of a physiologic factor is genetic predisposition to a disease.

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risk

the chance of an unfavorable event occurring.

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acceptable risk

risk for which the benefits rank larger than the potential hazards.

at risk

that part of a total population which is subject to the disease being reviewed, e.g. only milking cows are at risk to milk fever, only grazing cows to enzootic nasal granuloma.

risk aversion

reluctance to take risks.

risk factor

an attribute or exposure which increases the probability of occurrence of a disease or other outcome.

risk premium

the amount of money required to convince a person to take a specific risk.

risk ratio

the ratio of two risks.

relative risk

see relative risk.

specified risk materials

a term used in the US to denote tissues that can be infected with the agent of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), namely brain and spinal cord, spinal ganglia, retina, and terminal small intestine. Banned from inclusion in any feed stuff.

surgical risk

an animal that has poor general health and must be assessed as a poor survival risk to undergo major surgery or anesthesia.

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Patient discussion about at risk.

Q. What Are the Risk Factors for Developing Breast Cancer? I am 35 years old. My mother had breast cancer when she was 60 and my aunt had it when she was 52. Am I at increased risk for developing the disease? Are there other risk factors?

A. Here are some risk factors :
- Age. your chances of developing breast cancer increase with age
- Personal history of breast cancer. if you had cancer in one breast, you have increased risk in developing cancer in your other breast
- Family history. Yes, it is genetically related, so you're at risk..
- Radiation exposure
- Early onset of menstrual cycle
- Late menopause
- First pregnancy in older age
- Race
- Hormone therapy
- Some birth control pills
- Smoking and excessive consumption of alcohol

Q. What are the risks of cirrhosis of liver? My dad has cirrhosis and I would like to know what are the risks and how does it get treated.

A. there is a long list of risks in cirrhosis. Osteoporosis, varices in esophagus(bleeding), Jaundice and Liver failure are just some of them. How it’s treated- first of all if they found out what is the cause- they stop it (like drinking alcohol). Then what happen depends on how young and strong is the patient, in what stage the cirrhosis is. And the treatment is mostly for the symptoms in hope that the liver will hill itself. In really bad cases- transplant.

Q. What are the risks in a gastric bypass surgery for weight loss? I am obese and I am interested in doing this surgery, but I’m scared. What are the risks of this surgery?

A. The resulting weight loss in gastric bypass surgery is typically dramatic, and markedly reduces co-morbidities of obesity. However, complications are common and surgery-related death occurs within one month in 2% of patients. As in any type of abdominal surgery there is the risk of developing an infection and sepsis, venous thrombosis, hemorrhage, hernia, bowel obstruction and leak from the gut. This particular surgery puts the patient in danger also for mineral and nutritional losses.