Environmental Diseases Flashcards

1
Q

particulate diseases?

A

pneumoconioses

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2
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the most common pneumoconioses?

A

coal workers’, silicosis, asbestosis

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3
Q

“black lung”

A

coal workers pneumoconiosis

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4
Q

which disease: increasing pulmonary dysfunction, pulmonary hypertension, cor pulmonale

A

coal workers pneumoconiosis

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5
Q

the most prevalent chronic occupational disease in world?

A

silicosis

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6
Q

primary effector of silicosis?

A

TNF released by macrophages

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7
Q

concentrically arranged collagen fibers around an amorphous center?

A

silicotic nodules

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8
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which disease: pulmonary hypertension, cor pulmonale, increased risk of TB

A

silicosis

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9
Q

true or false: crystalline silica is a carcinogen

A

True

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10
Q

exposure to … linked to localized plaques, diffuse fibrosis and mesothelioma

A

asbestos

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11
Q

pleural plaques of dense collagen and calcium?

A

asbestosis

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12
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acute alcoholic change?

A

mainly CNS, reversible fatty change (steatosis), gastritis/gastric ulceration

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13
Q

cirrhosis of liver and alcoholic hepatitis?

A

chronic alcoholic changes

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14
Q

mallory bodies?

A

alcoholic hepatitis

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15
Q

alcoholism associated with increased risk of …

A

hepatocellular carcinoma

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16
Q

cherry red color of skin and mucous membranes?

A

acute CO poisoning

17
Q

chronic effects of CO?

A

hypoxia, ischemic changes to CNS

18
Q

which polluntant: hard tissue deposits, peripheral neuropathies and CNS abnormalities, anemia, stippling of red blood cells

A

lead

19
Q

oral manifestation of lead?

A

lead line- lead sulfide from oral microflora

20
Q

chronic exposure to … yields hyperpigmentation and hyperkeratosis of the palms and soles

A

arsenic

21
Q

… associated with increased risk of leukemia?

A

benzene

22
Q

polycyclic hydrocarbons- … and … cancer

A

lung and bladder

23
Q

dioxins- … disorders, liver and CNS abnormalities

A

skin

24
Q

vinyl chloride- … of the liver

A

angiosarcoma

25
Q

scraping or rubbing; removal of the superficial layer

A

abrasion

26
Q

bruise

A

contusion

27
Q

a tear caused by a blunt object

A

laceration

28
Q

tear caused by a sharp object

A

incision

29
Q

which classes of burn: full thickness, white, charred, dry, anesthetic, total destruction of epidermis/dermis

A

3rd/4th degree

30
Q

which classes of burn: partial thickness, pink/mottled with blisters, painful

A

1st/2nd degree

31
Q

organ systems most sensitive to radiation?

A

gonads, lymphoid, hematopoietic, lining of GI

32
Q

beriberi

A

thiamin

33
Q

wernickes encephalopathy

A

beriberi

34
Q

which deficiency: glossitis, angular cheilitis, sore throat, anemia

A

riboflavin

35
Q

dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia, beefy red tongue, stomatitis

A

niacin (pellagra)