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Name: Score:129 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 129
What are the clinical manifestations of IBS? (5)
- Fatigue, nausea and vomiting, fever
- hepatomegaly, splenomegaly
- jaundice (liver cannot excrete bilirubin so deposits in tissue)
- discolored urine
- anorexia, Weight loss, feeling of fullness in right upper quadrant
- rash
- Malaise; taste change
- Location of tumor
- Cell type
- Size of tumor
- Spread of cancer and where to
- Grade: abnormality of cells and potential for metastasis
- Lower abdominal pain or discomfort and abdominal distension
- urge to defecate, urgency, sensation of incomplete evacuation
- alternate between constipation and diarrhea
- Dyspepsia
- fatigue, fibromyalgia, sleep disturbances, chronic headaches
- Crohn's disease causes inflammation of the FULL THICKENESS of the bowel wall, from the
mouth to the anus.
- In Crohn's disease, there are healthy parts of the intestine mixed in between inflamed
areas.
- Ulcerative colitis is limited to the colon and is continuous inflammation
,Term 2 of 129
What is the assessment used for dementia?
Blood tests, to rule out metabolic causes of cognitive decline
Mri, to assess brain activity and blood flow
Ct scan, to visualize brain structure and detect abnormalities
MMSE, check for cognitive impairment (problems with thinking, communication,
understanding and memory).
Term 3 of 129
What does secondary obesity result from?
- results from high levels of physical activity and exercise
- results from a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle choices
- results from excessive dieting and extreme weight loss efforts
- Results from various congenital anomalies, chromosomal anomalies, metabolic problems,
or CNS lesions and disorders
,Term 4 of 129
What is lung cancer?
- where does it primarily occur
- what is a nonspecific inflammatory change
- what are the two primary lung cancers
- what are the clinical manifestations
- what are the diagnostics
- what are the major risk factors?
- a slow-growing androgen-dependent adenocarcinoma
- Spread by three routes:
1. through direct extension
2. through the lymph system
3. through the bloodstream
- MANIFESTATIONS: *hematuria, dysuria,* hesitancy, dribbling, frequency, urgency,
nocturia, retention, interruption of urinary stream, inability to urinate
- DIAGNOSTICS: DRE (digital rectal exam), TRUS (Transrectal ultrasonography) and a ++
PCA3 test (urine test- ++ accurate)
- RISK FACTORS: Family history/ genetics, age, ethnicity
- A rare embryonal tumor of the kidney (Typically Unilateral)
- no known genetic predisposition, risk factors are preconception toxin exposure (e.g.,
pesticides) may be associated with increased risk in offspring
- Congenital abnormalities including Aniridia/ ack of an iris in the eye
- mutation of several tumour-suppressor genes
- Wilms tumour
- MANIFESTATIONS: abd pain, anemia, hypertension, hematuria, fever
- DIAGNOSTICS: labs for kidney function, urine test, CT
, - myeloma affects plasma cells/ involves an excessive production of plasma cells.
- "plasma cell cancer"
- Malignancy of B-cells that produce a monoclonal protein, makes them ineffective and
harmful
- MANIFESTATIONS: no symptoms until the disease is advanced, skeletal pain is typically
caused by the destruction of bone tissue, renal Impairment, neuropathy, spinal Cord
compression, bleeding from the gingiva/mucosal membranes
- DIAGNOSTICS: Bence Jones proteins show up in urine
- RISK FACTORS: radiation, organic chemicals, herbicides, and insecticides, genetic factors,
viral infection, and obesity
- slow-growing cancer that starts in the cells lining the bronchi
- nonspecific inflammatory changes= hypersecretion of mucus
- Primary lung cancers: non-small (large) cell lung cancer, angiosarcoma and small cell
lung cancer
- MANIFESTATIONS: Pneumonitis, persistent cough, blood-tinged sputum, chest pain,
dyspnea, auscultatory wheeze
- DIAGNOSTICS: bronchoscopy, chest radiographic exam, VAT, pulmonary angiography
- RISK FACTORS: inhaled carcinogens, history of smoking
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