Endo

Question 1

Polydipsia

Answer 1

Excessive thirst

Question 2

Polyphagia

Answer 2

Excessive eating

Question 3

Polyuria

Answer 3

Excessive urination

Question 4

Purpura

Answer 4

Purple-colored spots and patches that occur on the skin, organs, and in mucus membranes

Question 5

Lymphadenopathy

Answer 5

Enlargement of the lymph nodes

Question 6

Thyromegaly

Answer 6

Abnormally enlarged thyroid gland

Question 7

DM: Diabetes Mellitus

Answer 7

a person has high blood sugar, either because the body does not produce enough insulin, or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced

Question 8

FSBS: Finger Stick Blood Sugar

Answer 8

used to test glucose level in blood

Question 9

DKA: Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Answer 9

occurs when the body cannot use sugar (glucose) as a fuel source because there is no insulin or not enough insulin. Fat is used for fuel instead and produces ketones.

Question 10

Hemophilia

Answer 10

Refers to a group of bleeding disorders in which it takes a long time for the blood to clot

Question 11

Hyperthyroidism

Answer 11

Thyroid gland makes too much thyroid hormone

Question 12

Hypothyroidism

Answer 12

Thyroid gland does not make enough thyroid hormone

Question 13

Adrenal insufficiency

Answer 13

Condition in which the adrenal glands, located above the kidneys, do not produce adequate amounts of steroid hormones

Question 14

Anemia

Answer 14

Condition in which the body does not have enough healthy red blood cells

Question 15

Leukemia

Answer 15

Type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells

Question 16

Pancytopenia

Answer 16

Reduction in the number of red and white blood cells as well as platelets

Question 17

Thrombocytopenia

Answer 17

Relative decrease of platelets in blood

Question 18

Thyroidectomy

Answer 18

Operation that involved the removal of part or all of the thyroid