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what is the bone patter seen on xrays of a pt with sickle cell anemia?
trabecluar
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what disease would a pt have if on the xrays a trabecular pattern is seen in the bone?
sickle cell anemia
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what type of blood cell is responsible for transporting hemoglobin and to carry oxygen to the body cells and carbon dioxide transport from the cells
red blood cell
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what organ produces clotting factors?
liver
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what are the two types of white blood cells?
- granulocytes
- agranulocytes
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what are the three types of granulocytes?
neutrophils, eosinophils basophils
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what are the two types of agranulocytes?
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what type of blood cell is the primary defense against microbial infection and are critical for mounting an immune response
white blood cells
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what type of blood cell defends the body thru phagocytosis and enzymatic destruction, they are the first line of denfense of the body
neutrophil
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what type of blood cell is involved in inflammatory allergic reactions and infection by parasites?
eosinophils
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what type of blood cell is to increase vascular permeability during inflammation of phagocytic cells can pass into the area
basophils
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what are the three types of lymphocytes?
- T cells
- B cells
- Natural killer cells
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what blood cell is involved with the delayed or cellular imune reaction
T cell
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what blood cell plays an important role in the immediate or humoral immune system involving the production of plasma cells and immunoglobulins?
B cells
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what blood cell is involved in phagocytosis, intracellular killin and mediating of the immune and inflammatory response. sever as antigen presenting cells and migrate into tissues
monocytes
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what is active in the blood clotting mechanism, essential in the maintenance of the integrity of blood capillaries by closing thema t a time of injury and participates in clot dissolution after healing?
platelets
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what is the normal count for platelets?
140,000-400,000/mm3
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what is the objective of chemo?
destroy the cancer cell and keep it from metastasizing, to prevent cancer from recurring, to provide an improved quality of life
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what are the contraindicaitons with xerostomia in a cancer pt?
- avoid hot spicy salty or sharp foods
- avoid lemon and glycerin swabs
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what type of cancer treatment impacts the cancer cells' ability to replicate and survive
radiation
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what are expected conditions of radiation treatment? 3
- trismus
- mucositis
- xerostomia
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diabetes acts as what factors to perio? 3
conditioning, modifying and accelerating factor
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t/f an older pt with diabetes can have mroe severe periodontal disease?
false-YOUNGER pt
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a sudden deterioration of periodontal health may indicate what for a pt?
- undiagnosed diabetes
- reduced control of diabetes
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t/f perio infections affect blood glucose levels in diabetes
true
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treatment of perio and reduction of inflammation is associated with improved what?
metabolic control by reduction in level of HbA1
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when can insulin increase?
due to fever, infection, inflammation, trauma, bleeding, pain or stress
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what does peripheral neuropothy cause?
pain, n umbness ortingling of mouth, face and extremities leading to foot ulcerations or infections because they can't feel pain
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what organ produces insulin
pancreas
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what is a silent killer?
diabetes
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t/f the average life span of a person is reduced with diabetes
true
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____ and its complications are the leading cuase of death
diabetes
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what are pregnancy problems associated with diabetes? 3
- miscarriages
- babees with birth defects
- increased weight
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what are two retinopathy associated with diabetes
- blindness
- glaucoma and catacracts
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what GI problems does autonomic neuropathy cause?
gastropariesis-delayed food absorption, complication in managing blooc glucose leves, food may harden causing obstruction in intestines or stomach and may cause overgrowth of bacteria
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what would a pt have who is characterized as having: weakness, fatigue, abnormal pigmentation of skin and mucous membranes, hypertension, anorexia and weight loss, delayed healing and increased susceptibility to infection
addison's disease
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what would a pt have who has these symptoms: hirsutism, weight gain, moon shpaed face, buffalo hump, abdominal straie, hypertension, acne
cushings disease (FAT and UGLY)
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