Environmental And Nutritional Diseases - Martin Flashcards
most deaths in children under 5yo
- pneumonia
- diarrhea
- malaria
what 3 diseases are increasing and what 2 are decreasing
- cardivascular d, cancer, HIV/AIDS/ TB
2. neonatal conditions, D or lower Resp infections
how does climate change affect cardi + resp
heatwaves and air pollution
how does climate change affect GI, cholera, food and water spreading infections
contamination from flooding, disrupting clean waters
how does climate change affect Vector-borne infections
malaria, Dengue fever happen when temperature increases = crop failures, which also leads to more extreme weather variations
how does climate change affect malnutruition
disruption of crop growth
xenobiotics
chemicals in environment like water, soil, food, air, absorbed through skin or inhaled
what detoxifies xenobiotics
CYP, Cytochrome P-450
CYP is located + function
liver, and also skin, lung, GI mucosa
- inside the ER
they detoxify or activate xenobiotics, can make ROS
what changes CYP activity
fasting and starving can lower it
what compounds are found in pollution
sulfur dioxide CO ozone NO lead particles of matter
ozone causes what in healthy people
decreases lung function, lung inflammation increased airway reactivity chest discomfort (free radicals injuring type 1 cells and epithelium -> inflammtation)
ozone causes what in athletes, outdoor workers, asthmatics, emphysema
higher hospitalizations, decreased exercise capacity
sulfur dioxide does what to healthy adults and COPD and Asthma
healthy : higher respiratory symptoms
COPD : higher mortality
Asthma : decreased lung function, higher hospitalizations
witches brew
surfure dioxide when combined with ozone and particles of matter
= from power plants burning fossil fules, paper mills
(burning nose and throat, SOB, asthma attack if susceptible)
particles of matter
SOOT
pulmonary inflammation
secondary cardiovascular effects
* most dangerous are smaller then 10um going to alveoli
CO chronic poisoning from
working in tunnels, underground garages, highway toll booths can do this (generator Heater, automobile fumes)
CO acute poisoning from
small closed garage with running car, in 5 min you die, or during power outage using gasoline powered generators, mine fires
CO poisoning happens due to
CNS depression = ischemic changes
(Basal ganglia + lenticular nuclei)
can cause edematous, punctuate hemorrhages, hypoxia-induced neuronal changes -> sommer’s sector in hippocampus
SX : CO poisoning
RED COLOR of skin and mucous membranes, V, dizzy
AFTER: loss of memory, vision changes, hearing and speech changes
CO poisoning can cause what in the brain
hemorrhage in pallidum
Wood smoke
polycyclic hydrocarbons are carcinogens
can give lung infections
Bioaerosols
can caused from Legionnaires disease (from cooling towers for AC), viral pneumonia, pet dnader, fungi, molds
SX: asthma, rhinitis, eye irritaiton
Radon
gas from uranium , (soil, well water, cracks, drains, windows)
HIGH lung cancer risk
Formaldehyde
building materials, after disasters in poorly ventilated trailers
= carcinogen
sick building syndrome
indoor pollutants, poor ventilation (fungi, molds)
Lead poisoning causes what and interferes with
causes hematologic, skeletal , GI and renal toxisity
= looks like low Fe+3
interferes with CA+2 metabolism
lead can be found
batteries, paint, car radiators, tin cans
children SX of lead poisoning
CNS changes, affects intellect, behavior problems, hyperactive, poor organization, = looks like ADHD
severe can be blindness, psychomotor problems, psychoses, seizures, coma
adults SX of lead poisoning
peripheral neuropathy
- EXTENSOR muscles of wrist and fingers = wrist drop
- if continued, PERONEAL muscles = foot drop
SX of lead poisoning form both adults and children
- lead lines : radiodense in metaphyses (bones) and gums
- hypochromic microcytic anemia (as in low Fe+), basophilic stippling, ring sideroblasts (Fe+ mitochondria)
- Lead colic : extremely sever, abd pain all over
- renal damage
ringed sideroblast
iron in mitochondria
how to determine if someone has microcytic and hypochromic anemia
MCV < 80fL
MCG < 27pg
Mercury causes
damage CNA + KIDNEY
-cerebral palsy, deafness, blindness, mental problems, especially inutero exposure
Arsenic causes
- GI , cardio, CNS toxicities
- sensorimotor neuropathy, paresthesias, numbness, pain
- hyperpigmentation + hyperkeratosis
- many cancers on soles and palms , lung and bladder
Arsenic comes from
soil, water, wood preservatives, herbicides, herbal medicine
mercury comes from
fish, mercury vapor from dental metallic amalgams
Cadmium comes from
high ROS from nickel-cadmium batteries, soil, plants , FOOD (contaminated rice)
Cadmium causes
LUNG + KIDNEY toxicity
CA +2 LOSS : osteoporosis and osteomalacia with renal disease = ITAI-ITAI
high lung cancer risk
what causes lung cancer
Radon, asbestos, silica, arsenic
what causes lung fibrosis
silica
asbestos
cobalt
what causes (hematopoietic) leukemia
Benzene
what causes liver angiosarcomas
Vinyl chloride
what causes heart disease
CO, lead, cadmium, cobalt
what causes COPD
cadmium
what causes ataxic gait
mercury, toluene
what causes renal toxicity
mercury, lead, cadmium
what causes male infertility
lead, cadmium, phthalate plasticizers
what causes female infertility
lead, mercury
what causes tetratogenesis
mercury, polychlorinated biphenyls
what causes peripheral neuropathies
lead, mercury, arsenic , DDT
chloroform + carbon tetrachloride causes what
dizzy, confusion, DEPRESS CNS, coma, toxic ot liver and kidney
chloroform + carbon tetrachloride from what
dry cleaning agents, paint removers, vapors, rubber that has benzene and 1,3-butadiene —-> can cause marrow aplasia and AML
Polycyclic hydrocarbons causes
scrotal cancer, very potent carcinogen, lung and bladder cancer
Polycyclic hydrocarbons form
fossil fuels, chimney sweeps
Organochlorines causes
hormonal imbalance like antiestrogenic or acntiandrogenic activity
Organochlorines from what
lipophilic products not degrading, pesticides, DDT, , PCBs, dioxin
Dioxins and PCBs cause what specifically
folliculitis and dermatosis, chloracne (acne and cycts, hyperpigmentation, hyper keratosis) - face and behind ears
Mineral dust causes what
- pneumonioses
- mesothelioma - outside of lung turns thick and black “pork-chop lung”
- asbestos fibers coated in FE+3 (FERRUNGINOUS BODIES)
Mineral dust comes from
coal dust, silica, asbestos, beryllium
Vinyl chloride causes , and from what
angiosarcoma of liver +endocrine effects in infants
from Bisphenol A (BPA) - food bottles and cans
Tobacco smoking quitting decreases death by how much
21% decrease 5 years from cardiovascular diseases and lung cancer
nicotine effect
increase HR and BP, increase cardiac contractility and output
CNS depressor, tumor promotor
formaldehyde and NO cuases
cilia toxicity and mucosal irritation (smokers cough in the morning)
what 2 things increaseee lung cancer or laryngeal + oral cancer with smoking
lung cancer with asbestos or uranium miners
oral + laryngyal cancer with alcohol
tobacco causes what to lungs
leukocytes to lung, = high elastase production, injury to lung, = emphysema + inflammation causing bronchitis
what is the thing that CAUSES lung cancer in smokers
polycyclic hydrocarbons and nitrosamines
Alcohol testing for chronic use
test vitrous fluid from eye
alcohol amount for drunk, drowsiness, coma
80mg/dL
200mg/dL
300mg/dL
what makes asians red with alcohol
X ALDH*2
what is alcohol in blood
acetaldehyde from ADH (alcohol dehydrogenase) in liver,
also makes it acetate
alcohol inhibits
CYP2E1, metabolism of other drugs or compounds
alcohol increases what for liver issues
NADH + lactic acid = steatosis