What are the long-term effects of chronic alcohol consumption?
What will be an ideal response?
Long-term consequences of chronic excessive alcohol consumption can include damage to the digestive organs, heart, and liver; malnutrition and weight gain; hormone imbalances; increased risk of cancer and heart disease, depression, and irreversible damage to a developing fetus during pregnancy. Individuals with alcoholic liver disease can experience a fatty liver and deterioration of the liver that develops into alcohol-related hepatitis and cirrhosis.
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Why might patients with the nephrotic syndrome advised to eat foods that are high in potassium?
a. Treatment with certain diuretics results in potassium loss. b. Protein loss is typically accompanied by potassium loss. c. They are unable to properly absorb potassium. d. They are not; they are advised to avoid high potassium foods.
AS is a 54 year old business man who has a family history of lung cancer. AS started smoking at 15; years later, he got what he thought was a very bad cold that lasted for a week, started experiencing pain in his tongue, and was given ibuprofen for pain. He then noticed white sores that were getting bigger in his oral cavity near the tongue. He started feeling generally lousy and was unable to
eat due to severe pain, and lost 30 lbs in a month. AS went to the clinic, where they did a biopsy that revealed squamous cell cancer of the tongue. AS has undergone radiation therapy (RT) and surgery to remove the cancer and a restorative surgery was scheduled. Due to RT, AS has developed mucositis and xerostomia in his oral cavity. All his nodes that were sent to the laboratory tested negative for metastasis, and no further RT was needed. The surgeons felt confident that they had removed all the cancer. HT: 5`11" UBW: 165 lbs WT: 135 lbs Meds: Corticosteroids and antineoplastic (dexamethasone) to reduce inflammation, K depletion, Na retention; and morphine for pain. What is AS's percent IBW? a. 78% b. 81% c. 87% d. 91% e. 103%
A heart attack is _____.
a. severe angina b. an aneurysm in the chest c. sudden tissue death caused by blockages of vessels that feed heart muscle d. a heart valve malfunction e. an abnormal surge of blood into the heart’s left ventricle