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•DECREASE IN THE # OF GRANULOCYTES (PARTICULARLY NEUTROPHILS) |
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•REDUCED # OF RBC, QUANTITY OF HEMOGLOBIN |
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•ACCUMULATION OF LIPIDS WITHIN THE WALLS OF ARTERIES |
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•IMMUNE-MEDIATED DESTRUCTION OF THE BODY'S OWN CELLS AND TISSUES •IMMUNITY AGAINST SELF |
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•COMPONENT OF METABOLISM THAT INVOLVES BREAKDOWN OF TISSUES |
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•SMALL, FLAT, HEMORRHAGIC PATCH LARGER THAN A PETECHIA ON THE SKIN OR MUCOUS MEMBRANE |
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•BULGING OF ONE OR BOTH EYES |
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•INSOLUBLE PROTEIN THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO THE CLOTTING OF BLOOD |
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•VOLUME PERCENTAGE OF RBC IN THE WHOLE BODY |
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•RELEASE OF HEMOGLOBIN FROM RBC BY DESTRUCTION OF THE CELLS |
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•STOPPAGE OR CESSATION OF BLEEDING |
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•HAVE A SPECIFIC REGULATORY ACTION ON TARGET CELLS •CARRIED BY THE BLOOD TO IT'S TARGET |
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•EXCESS CALCIUM IN THE BLOOD |
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•EXCESS GLUCOSE IN THE BLOOD |
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•STAINED LESS INTENSELY THAN NORMAL |
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•DEFICIENCY OF PHOSPHATES IN THE BLOOD |
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•HORMONE PRODUCED BY THE PANCREAS BY BETA CELLS •INSULIN REGULATES GLUCOSE METABOLISM |
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•SEVERE HYPOGLYCEMIA •TOO MUCH INSULIN WAS GIVEN •EMERGENCY INTERVENTION IS NECESSARY |
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•ACCUMULATION OF ACID IN THE BODY RESULTING FROM ACCUMULATION OF KETONE BODIES (LOWERS THE PH OF THE BLOOD) |
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•ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF LARGE AND MEDIUM BLOOD VESSELS |
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•RBC THAT IS SMALLER THAN NORMAL |
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•DAMAGE TO SMALL BLOOD VESSELS |
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•DECREASED # OF NEUTROPHILS IN THE BLOOD |
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•ABNORMAL RAREFACTION OF BONE (MAKING IT LESS DENSE) |
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•DRAMATIC DECREASE IN ALL TYPES OF BLOOD CELLS |
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•LITTLE RED SPOT ON THE SKIN OR MUCOUS MEMBRANE CAUSED BY ESCAPE OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF BLOOD |
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•DISK-SHAPED STRUCTURE FOUND IN THE BLOOD •AKA: THROMBOCYTE •PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN COAGGULATION |
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•INCREASE IN THE TOTAL RBC MASS IN THE BLOOD |
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•CHRONIC EXCESSIVE THIRST AND INTAKE OF FLUID |
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•BLOOD DISORDERS CHARACTERIZED BY PRUPLISH OR BROWNISH RED DISCOLORATIONS CAUSED BY BLEEDING INTO THE SKIN OR TISSUES |
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•CELL SURFACE PROTEIN TO WHICH A SPECIFIC MOLECULE CAN BIND WHICH LEADS TO BIOCHEMICAL EVENTS |
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________ AND ___________ ARE USUALLY THE 1ST REGIONS OF THE BODY TO SHOW SIGNS OF A VITAMIN DEFICIENCY? |
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•TONGUE AND ORAL CAVITY •TONGUE SIGNS COULD BE GLOSSITIS, ULCERS, FISSURES, BURNING AND TINGLING |
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MANY ________________ ARE REFLECTED IN THE ORAL CAVITY |
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•SYSTEMIC DISEASES SUCH AS HIV, AIDS, HERPES, XEROSTOMIA) |
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DISEASE FROM ENDOCRINE DISORDERS |
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•MAY RESULT FROM TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE HORMONES |
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•EXCESS (GROWTH) HORMONE PRODUCTION BY THE PITUITARY GLAND •MOST OFTEN CAUSED BY A BENIGN TUMOR (PITUITARY ADENOMA) |
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•EXCESSIVE SECRETION OF GROWTH HORMONE BEFORE NORMAL GROWTH HAS STOPPED •OCCURS IN KIDS |
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•CONDITION CAUSED BY INCREASED SECRETION OF GROWTH HORMONE AFTER NORMAL GROWTH HAS BEEN COMPLETED •OCCURS IN ADULTS •OCCURS IN 6/100,000 PEOPLE |
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WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL FEATURES OF GIGANTISM? |
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•EXCESSIVE GROWTH OF OVERALL SKELETON •ELONGATED FACE •HEADACHES, FATIGUE, MUSCLE/JOINT PAIN |
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WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL FEATURES OF ACROMEGALY? |
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•AFFECTS BOTH MEN AND WOMEN •MOST COMMONLY OCCURS IN THE 40's •ONSET IS SLOW •POOR VISION, SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT, ENLARGEMENT OF HANDS AND FEET, INCREASE IN RIB SIZE |
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WHAT DOES DIAGNOSIS OF HYPERPITUITARISM CONSIST OF? |
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•MEASUREMENT OF GROWTH HORMONE |
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WHAT DOES TREATMENT OF HYPERPITUITARISM CONSIST OF? |
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•4'10" OR SHORTER (HYPOPITUITARISM) |
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•DUE TO AN AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER •EXCESSIVE PRODUCTION OF THYROID HORMONE •MORE COMMON IN WOMEN IN THEIR 30s AND 40s •IN CHILDREN, MAY LEAD TO EARLY EXFOLIATION OF TEETH AND PREMATURE ERUPTION OF PERMANENT TEETH •IN ADULTS, MAY LEAD TO OSTEOPOROSIS |
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THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF HYPERTHYROIDISM IS: |
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WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL FEATURES OF HYPERTHYROIDISM? |
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•EXOPHTHALMOUS •WEIGHT LOSS •ANXIETY •WEAKNESS •RESTLESSNESS |
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TREATMENT OF HYPERTHYROIDISM |
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•DEPENDS ON THE CAUSE •MAY INCLUDE SURGERY OR MEDS |
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•HYPOTHYROIDISM IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN •SYMPTOMS: THICKENED LIPS, ENLARGED TONGUE, DELAYED ERUPTION OF TEETH |
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•HYPOTHYROIDISM IN ADULTS AND OLDER ADULTS •SYMPTOMS: PUFFY FACE, COARSE HAIR, DRY SKIN, FATIGUE, ENLARGED TONGUE |
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•EXCESSIVE SECRETION OF PARATHORMONE •PARATHYROID HORMONE INCREASES UPTAKE OF DIETARY CALCIUM FROM THE G.I. TRACT •RESULTS IN MORE CALCIUM, LESS PHOSPHORUS |
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•LACK OF / DEFECTIVE INSULIN •DOESN'T WORK TO LOWER BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS •INCREASED RESISTANCE TO INSULIN DUE TO OBESITY |
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•SIGNALS BETA CELLS OF THE PANCREAS TO MAKE INSULIN |
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SEVERE HYPERGLYCEMIA CAN LEAD TO ________________ |
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___________ IS REDUCED IN PEOPLE WITH DIABETES MELLITUS |
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•PHAGOCYTIC ACTIVITY OF MACROPHAGES |
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DIABETES CAUSES INABILITY OF THE BODY TO: |
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•PRODUCE OR PROPERLY RESPOND TO INSULIN |
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•A FASTING PLASMA GLUCOSE OF 126MG/DL OR MORE MEASURED ON 2 OCCASIONS |
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•SEVERE •GENETIC •IN CHILDREN (PEAK IS AT AGE 20) •PATIENTS ARE INSULIN DEPENDENT •PATIENTS HAVE LOW BLOOD SUGAR |
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WHAT PERCENTAGE OF DIABETIC PATIENTS HAVE TYPE 1 DIABETES? |
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IN TYPE 1 DIABETES, _________ PRODUCING CELLS OF THE PANCREAS ARE __________ |
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WHAT TYPE DIABETES INVOLVES THE 3 P'S? |
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WHAT ARE THE 3 P'S IN TYPE 1 DIABETES? |
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•POLYDIPSIA (EXCESSIVE THIRST) •POLYURIA (EXCESSIVE URINATION) •POLYPHAGIA (EXCESSIVE APPETITE) |
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•NOT AS SEVERE AS TYPE 1, BUT STILL NOT BENIGN •ADULTS •PATIENTS ARE NOT INSULIN DEPENDENT •MANY TYPE 2 PATIENTS ARE OBESE, AND ONLY NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT TO CURE THE DIABETES |
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TYPE 2 DIABETES IS CHARACTERISED BY: |
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•SYNDROME •SYMPTOMS ARE: -ATHEROSCLEROSIS -RETINOPATHY IN THE EYE -NERVOUS SYSTEM MAY BE AFFECTED -DECREASED RESISTANCE TO INFECTION -POOR WOUND HEALING |
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UNCONTROLLED DIABETES IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF: |
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•BLINDNESS •KIDNEY DISEASE •AMPUTATION OF ARMS AND LEGS |
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•VELVETY PLAQUES AROUND THE NECK AND OR ARMPIT •ASSOCIATED WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES |
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ADDISON DISEASE IS ALSO KNOWN AS: |
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•PRIMARY ADRENAL CORTICAL INSUFFICIENCY |
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•INSUFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF ADRENAL STEROIDS •DESTRUCTION OF THE ADRENAL GLAND (IN MOST CASES IT'S UNKNOWN) |
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IN ADDISON DISEASE, AS THE PRODUCTION OF ______________ DECREASES, THE _________________ INCREASES THE PRODUCTION OF _________________ |
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•ADRENAL STEROIDS •PITUITARY GLAND •ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE (ATCH) |
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ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE |
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•CAUSES STIMULATION OF MELANOCYTES, RESULTING IN BRONZING OF THE SKIN AND MACULES ON THE ORAL MUCOSA |
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TREATMENT OF ADDISON'S DISEASE INVOLVES: |
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•CORTICOSTEROID REPLACEMENT THERAPY |
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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GRANULAR AND AGRANULAR? |
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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A RED BLOOD CELL? |
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•TO DELIVER OXYGEN TO THE BODY |
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•RBC COUNT IS LOW •REDUCTION IN OXYGEN CARRYING CAPACITY •SUPPRESSION OF BONE MARROW STEM CELLS •CAUSED BY BLOOD LOSS |
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WHAT DOES A COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT MEASURE? |
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WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL FEATURES OF ANEMIA? |
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•PALE SKIN AND ORAL MUCOSA •LOSS OF FILIFORM PAPILLA •SMOOTH, BALD, BURNING TONGUE •NO ENERGY ("TIRED BLOOD") •ANGULAR CHIELITIS |
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WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON SYMPTOMS OF ANEMIA? |
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•FATIGUE •DIZZINESS •PALE SKIN |
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TREATMENT OF ANEMIA CONSISTS OF: |
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•CAUSED BY A DEFICIENCY IN INTRINSIC FACTOR •BODY UNABLE TO ABSORB VITAMIN B12 •PATIENTS OFTEN HAVE VITILIGO (DEPIGMENTATION OF PARTS OF THE SKIN) |
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WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL FEATURES OF PERNICIOUS ANEMIA? |
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•FATIGUE •PALENESS •LOSS OF PAPILLA •BURNING TONGUE |
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•AKA: MEDITERRANEAN OR COOLEY ANEMIA •GROUP OF INHERITED DISORDERS OF HEMOGLOBIN SYNTHESIS •OCCURS WHEN RBC CAN'T GROW AND MATURE PROPERLY |
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•MOST COMMON IN YOUNG BLACK GIRLS (UNDER 30) •RBC DEVELOP A SICKLE SHAPE WHEN THERE IS A DECREASE IN OXYGEN (CAN GET STUCK BECAUSE OF THEIR SHAPE) •RBC DIE EARLY, RESULTING IN A CHRONIC SHORTAGE •PAINFUL •SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS |
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______________ IS THE MOST COMMON INHERITED BLOOD DISORDER |
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HOW IS SICKLE CELL ANEMIA DIAGNOSED AND TREATED? |
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•BLOOD SMEAR •ADMINISTRATION OF OXYGEN AND IV FLUIDS |
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•CHRONIC DISORDER •SENSITIVITY TO WHEAT GLUTEN (CAUSES INJURY TO INTESTINAL MUCOSA) •CAUSES MALABSORBTION OF NUTRIENTS-CAUSING ANEMIA |
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•SEVERE DEPRESSION OF BONE MARROW ACTIVITY CAUSES A DECREASE IN ALL CIRCULATING BLOOD CELLS •VERY SERIOUS CONDITION THAT OCCURS WHEN THERE'S A REDUCTION, OR ABSENCE, OF STEM CELLS |
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•CAUSE UNKNOWN, MOST FREQUENTLY IN YOUNG ADULTS •USUALLY FATAL |
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•IS THE RESULT OF DRUGS OR CHEMICALS SUCH AS CHEMO AND RADIATION |
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IN APLASTIC ANEMIA, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH ___, ___, OR ___ |
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WHAT ARE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF LOW RBC, WBC, AND PLATELETS? |
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•INFECTION, SPONTANEOUS BLEEDING, PETECHIA, AND PURPURIC SPOTS •BECAUSE OF THE REDUCED OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD, PATIENTS EXPERIENCE FATIGUE, WEAKNESS, AND TACHYCARDIA |
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LOW PLATELET COUNTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR: |
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•SIGNIFICANT BRUISING AND ECCHYMOSIS |
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LOW WBC COUNTS PREDISPOSE THE PATIENT TO: |
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•INFECTIONS THAT ARE OFTEN THE CAUSE OF DEATH |
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•CHARACTERIZED BY AN INCREASE IN THE # OF CIRCULATING RBCs •PATIENTS BLEED EASILY AND ARE EDEMATOUS |
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___________________ IS THE WORST TYPE OF POLYCYTHEMIA, AND THE CAUSE IS _________ |
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•POLYCYTHEMIA VERA •UNKNOWN |
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•BONE MARROW PRODUCES AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF RBC AND PLATELETS, IN WHICH THE PRODUCTION IS UNCONTROLLED |
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•INCREASE IN RBC CAUSED BY A PHYSIOLOGIC RESPONSE TO DECREASED OXYGEN |
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•DECREASED PLASMA CELLS, NO INCREASE IN RBCs |
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___________ AND _____________ ARE THE ONLY AGRANULOCYTES |
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•LYMPHOCYTES AND MONOCYTES |
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CAUSES OF ACUTE RELATIVE POLYCYTHEMIA ARE: |
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•DIURETIC USE •VOMITING •DIARRHEA •EXCESSIVE SWEATING |
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MOST PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RELATIVE POLYCYTHEMIA ARE: |
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•MIDDLE-AGE WHITE MEN UNDER A LOT OF STRESS, MILDLY OVERWEIGHT, HYPERTENSIVE, AND HEAVY SMOKERS |
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•CAUSE IS UNKNOWN (MAY BE IMMUNOLOGIC) •DEATH LIKELY |
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SECONDARY AGRANULOCYTOSIS |
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•CAUSED BY DRUGS OR CHEMICALS (COCAINE) |
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TREATMENT OF AGRANULOCYTOSIS IS USUALLY: |
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CYCLIC NEUTROPENIA IS A FORM OF: |
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•CYCLIC DECREASE IN THE # OF NEUTROPHILS |
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•TOO MANY WBCs •MALIGNANT •CAUSE IS UNKNOWN |
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•ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC •ACUTE MYELOGENOUS |
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•IMMATURE LYMPHOCYTES •FOUND IN CHILDREN •GOOD PROGNOSIS |
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•IMMATURE GRANULOMAS •FOUND IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS •POOR PROGNOSIS |
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SYMPTOMS OF ACUTE MYELOGENOUS ARE: |
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•GINGIVAL ENLARGEMENT •EASY BLEEDING •EASY BRUISING |
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TREATMENT OF ACUTE MYELOGENOUS IS: |
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•FOUND IN ADULTS •SLOW ONSET OF SYMPTOMS •POOR PROGNOSIS |
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SYMPTONS OF CHRONIC LEUKEMIA INCLUDE: |
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•FATIGUE, GINGIVAL BLEEDING, PALE LIPS AND GINGIVA, EASY BRUISING |
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TREATMENT OF CHRONIC LEUKEMIA INCLUDES: |
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WHAT IS THE NORMAL PLATELET COUNT? |
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WHAT IS THE NORMAL BLEEDING TIME? |
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WHAT IS THE NORMAL PROTHROMBIN TIME? |
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•11-16 SECONDS (PROLONGED FOR POST OP) |
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WHAT IS THE NORMAL PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME? |
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•CESSATION OF BLEEDING •CIRCULATION OF PLATELETS ADHERE TO A DAMAGED SURFACE AND FOR A TEMPORARY CLOT •FIBRIN BINDS THE PLATELETS |
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DEFECTS IN HEMOSTASIS ARE DUE TO: |
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•ABNORMALITIES OR COAGULATION FACTORS |
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•PLATELET COUNT IS LESS THAN 100,000 •SPONTANEOUS BLEEDING OCCURS AT LESS THAN 20,000 PLATELETS |
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•THE ABILITY TO FORM A CLOT |
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•SPONTANEOUS ESCAPE OF BLOOD INTO TISSUE (BRUISING) |
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THROMBOCYTOPENIA IS DIAGNOSED BY: |
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•LAB TESTING SHOWS LOW PLATELETS |
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•BRUISING CAUSED BY LACK OF PLATELETS |
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•X-LINKED DISORDER OF BLOOD COAGULATION (PROLONGED CLOTTING TIME) •PLASMA PROTEIN DEFICIENCY •BLEEDING TIME AND PT/PTT ARE NORMAL |
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WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HEMOPHILIA? |
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•TYPE A: MOST COMMON •TYPE B: (AKA: CHRISTMAS DISEASE) LESS COMMON |
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TREATMENT FOR ORAL CANCER IS: |
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•CHEMOTHERAPY, RADIATION, SURGERY, OR A COMBO |
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IN REGARDS TO THE ORAL CAVITY, RADIATION CAN CAUSE: |
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•DESTRUCTION OF SALIVARY GLANDS, WHICH LEADS TO XEROSTOMIA •TAKING PILOCARPINE HYDROCHLORIDE DURING THE COURSE OF RADIATION DECREASES THE SEVERITY OF RADIATION INDUCED XEROSTOMIA |
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BEFORE RADIATION, PATIENTS SHOULD _____________ AND TEETH WITH ____________ SHOULD BE ___________ |
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•HAVE A HEAD AND NECK EXAM •QUESTIONABLE PROGNOSIS SHOULD BE REMOVED |
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PHENYTOIN, NIFEBIPINE, AND CYCLOSPORINE CAN CAUSE: |
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___________________ IS EXPOSED, NECROTIC BONE IN THE MAXILLOFACIAL REGION THAT HAS PERSISTED FOR MORE THAN 8 WEEKS IN A PATIENT WITH CURRENT OR PREVIOUS TREATMENT WITH A BIPHOSPHONATE AND NO HISTORY OF RADIATION TREATMENT TO THE JAWS |
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•BIPHOSPHONATE OSTEONECROSIS |
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