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What does diabetes insipidus mean?
Over flow tasteless
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What does a person with huge amounts of dilute urine and intense thirst possibly have?
Diabetes insipidus
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What are some tests and signs of diabetes insipidus?
MRI, Urinalyisys, Urine output
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What does acromegaly mean?
Englarged extremeties
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What disease does an adult have with overgrowth of bony areas still responsiveto GH, including hands feet and face?
Acromegaly
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What are some symptoms of acromegaly?
- • Overgrowth of bony areas stillresponsive to GH
- – Hands, feet, face
- • Enlarged sebaceous glands (bo/sweating)
- • Weakness
- • Easy fatigue
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What are some testing you can do for acromegaly and what sign will it show?
- •High GHlevels
- •Spine x-rayshows abnormal spine growth
- •Pituitary MRI (if tumor suspected)
- •Echocardiogram(enlarged heart suspected)
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What does Diabetes mellitus mean?
Overflow honey
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What type is diabetes mellitus?
type 2
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What disease does a person with increased thirst/urination/hunger, fatigue,blurred vision, and slow healing sores have?
Diabetes mellitus type 2
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What test can you do to assumediabetes mellitus?
blood sugar
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What does a person with darkening of the skin in a patchy colour possibly have?
Addison’s Disease
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What does a person with salt craving nausea, change in blood pressure and heartrate, chronic diarrhea, and mouth lesions possibly have?
Addison’s disease
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What are some tests you can do to assume Addison’s disease?
- • Increased K+/Low Na+
- • Low bp
- • Low cortisol (glucocorticoid) –
- Hypocortisolism
- • Low aldosterone (mineralocorticoid) -
- Hypoaldosteronism
- • Abdominal x-ray/CT scan
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What disease is hyperthyroidism?
Grave’s Disease
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What does a person with anxiety, enlargement of thyroid gland, bulging eyes,rapid/irregular heart rate, weight loss and tremors possibly have?
Grave’s disease (hyperthyroidism)
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What tests can you do to find Grave’s disease or hyperthyroidism?
- • Low TSH/High T4
- • High radioactive iodine uptake
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What disease means “mucous swelling?
Myxedema
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What disease is hypothyroidism?
Myxedema
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What would a person with low metabolic rate, feeling chilled, constipation,thick dry skin, puffy eyes, and a goiter possibly have?
Myxedema (hypothyroidism)
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What is a goiter?
Swelling of the thyroid
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What are some tests and signs to see if someone has myxema?
- • High TSH/ Low T4
- • Low Na+
- • Chest x-ray (enlarged heart)
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