DIARRHEA

Question 1

invasive diarrhea

Answer 1

• blood
• WBC
• fever

Question 2

osmotic diarrhea

Answer 2

• mannitol
• sugar
• high tonicity
• osmotic draw pulling fluid out of the body into the GIT

Question 3

DIARRHEA

Answer 3

• METABOLIC ACIDOSIS
• because the colon excretes HCO3
• low potassium hypokalemia because the colon also excretes POTASSIUM
• NORMAL ANION GAP due to high chloride level

Question 4

causes of metabolic acidosis with normal anion gap

Answer 4

• DIARRHEA
• RENAL TUBULAR ACIDOSIS
• due to high CHLORIDE LEVEL