Diagnosis - Why Drugs

Question 1

Why do we se drugs

Answer 1

Animals ave a need to be protected from pain, suffering, injury and disease

Question 2

For treatment and control to be effective the diagnosis must be accurate and specific as possible with regards to

Answer 2

Specific aietology
Abnormality produced - functional or structural
Clinical manifestation of the abnormality

Question 3

What does aietology mean

Answer 3

The cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition

Question 4

What does antibiotics kill

Answer 4

Bacterial

Question 5

What killed parasites

Answer 5

Anthelmintics, insecticides

Question 6

What treats neoplasia

Answer 6

Chemotherapy

Question 7

What drugs are used to correcthypertension

Answer 7

B-blockers

Question 8

What is used to treat hypothyroidism

Answer 8

Thyroid hormone

Question 9

What drug correct vomit

Answer 9

Antiemetics

Question 10

What drugs correct pain

Answer 10

Analgesia

Question 11

Why is drugs not just a treatment

Answer 11

It ca be used in prevention, diagnosis, alleviation, treatment or cure of disease

Question 12

What is drug use for prevention

Answer 12

Prophylaxis - prevent - not used much due to antibacterial resistance

Question 13

What is drug use for diagnosis

Answer 13

Response to drig, nerve blocks, endocrinology - look at how animal/boy respond to specific drugs

Question 14

Why use nerve blocks

Answer 14

Used for horses who are lame to try and make then sound to locate the pain location

Question 15

What is drug use for alleviation

Answer 15

To alleviate pain, inflammation

Question 16

What is drug use for treatment

Answer 16

Antibiotics, anti-parasitic

Question 17

What is drugs use for a cure

Answer 17

Aim is not always possible so lifelong treatment is required for endocrine disorders etc

Question 18

What are the advantages of response to treatment

Answer 18

Cheaper than using expensive tests
Can be quick

Question 19

Diagnosis by response to treatment disadvantages

Answer 19

Relies on best guess - antibiotics
Encourages inappropriate use of antibiotics
Can be expensive and time consuming if doesn’t work

Question 20

How can you diagnose by suppressing through the edrophonium response test to treat myasthenia gravis

Answer 20

Dog struggles to walk on back legs
Vet gives intravenous injection called etrophium and dog will walk normally
Works for a couple of minutes
Drug used is adrophonium chloride

Question 21

What is diagnosing by stimulating using ACTH stimulation test in dogs - used to diagnose hyperadrenocorticism

Answer 21

Causes of much cortisol being produce Due to excessive secretion of acth from pituitary gland or tumour
Inject acth to see if you can stimulate adrenal gland to increase glucocorticoids

Question 22

How do you diagnose by blocking

Answer 22

Nerve blocks in horse lameness
Use to locate region of lameness
Relies on placement of local anaesthetic around structure so it’s desensitised
Make the horse move until its sound to locate where the pain is
Need to work your way up not down

Question 23

What is the disadvantages of diagnosing by blocking

Answer 23

Time consuming
Hazardous to horse and examiner
Using anaesthetic and using leg normally make cause more harm than good
Horses like to kick
Difficult to assess in horses where lameness is inconsistent or mild