Final Flashcards
What are two common causes of acute cholecystitis?
Gallstones and Obstruction
What percentage of the population in the US can become chronic cholecystitis patients?
10-20%
In cholecystitis patients, most gallstones are made of what?
Cholesterol
5 types of Liver diseases
Fatty Liver Hepatitis Biliary Disease Metabolic disease Vascular
What can liver diseases lead to?
Cirrhosis
What is fatty liver caused by?
ETHOH, obesity and diabetes Mel.
What is hepatitis caused by?
virus, drug or autoimmune
What three things is the liver made of?
hepatocytes, duct cells and blood vessels
What does all the metabolic work of the liver?
Hepatocytes
What three things does the portal tract contain?
Bile ducts, portal veins, hepatic artery
What is the #1 cause of liver toxicity?
Drugs
What happens if hepatocytes die in large sheets?
the areas fill up with blood. Blood can build up due to heart failure and backflow
What happens if cannuliculi in liver fill with bile due to cholestasis?
Jaundice
Why do dentists need to be careful with Hepatitis patients?
If caused by viruses, it can be contagious
What is Hepatitis?
Inflammation of the liver
Acute hepatitis is cause by which two viruses?
A and E
Which kind of hepatitis can resolve itself?
Acute
Which hep viruses start acute and frequently progress to chronic and can lead to cirrhosis and even hepatocellular carcinoma?
B and C
Acute hepatitis lasts for less than:
6 months
(T or F) There is fibrosis in acute hepatitis patients
False
Hepatitis C is commonly transmitted by:
Blood and Needles
(T or F) In hep c, there are rarely symptoms in the acute stages
True
Which Hepatitis virus is more common in China, less common in the United States?
C
Are there immunizations available for Hepatitis C?
No
What is the most effective treatment for Hep C?
combination of antivirals (usually including ribavirin)
How is Hep B transmitted?
Blood and Needles
(T or F) Heb B rarely becomes chronic
False
What percentage of the population is infected with Hepatitis B?
2-10%
Hep C virus is found in how many carriers worldwide?
> 170 Million
What percentage of hepatocellular carcinoma are associated with Hep. B viral infections?
Half
What is Cirrhosis?
regenerative hepatocyte nodules; fibrosis surrounding nodules
Who is autoimmune hepatitis typically found in?
obese middle-aged females
Autoimmune hepatitis typically responds well to:
Steroids
In fatty liver patients, what color does the liver turn?
Yellow
What is steatosis?
fat accumulation in the liver that is temporary, with no cellular damage
What is steatohepatitis?
damage to the liver with fibrosis present (chronic)
What is Metabolic disease often associated with?
Iron overloads
What causes Wilson’s disease?
copper metabolic defect goes to hepatitis then cirrhosis
What is Biliary disease?
Destruction of bile ducts, bile backs up into the liver and causes inflammatory cells to surround ducts—may form granulomas
Why at very high blood concentrations normal kinetic properties of a drug or toxin can change?
metabolism and protein binding become saturated and elimination become a zero order pattern
How the apparent volume of distribution for drug or toxin determine the effectiveness of hemodialysis at purifying them from the blood?
a large Vd implies a substance will not be easily accessible to purification attempts.
What is the difference between bioaccumulation and biomagnification?
- bioaccumulation: accumulation of a toxic agent when administration of the drug exceeds the body’s ability to metabolize and elimination
- biomagnification: increases of toxin in a biological system as it passes up the food chain.
What defines some metals as “heavy”?
naturally occurring elements with high atomic weight and a density 5-times greater than water.
What are the most toxic substances?
lead (#1), mercury (#2) and arsenic (#3)
Heavy metals interfere with normal biological processes how?
By competing with normal substrates
The shorter the t1/2 the (more/ less) effective is the use of chelators to remove the heavy metal
More
What are the primary exposure sources of lead?
building materials/construction, batteries, lead pipes, paint
Why is lead exposure particularly detrimental to young children?
They often eat or suck on things that contain lead, such as things covered with lead paint, dirt etc.
What substance in a child’s body does lead compete with?
Their bodies absorb because lead competes with CALCIUM, and growing bodies require considerable Ca.
What percentage of lead does a child absorb as opposed to an adult?
Children absorb >50% consumed whereas adults absorb ~10-15%
What are the toxicokinetics of lead?
t1/2 = 1-2 months
Symptomology of lead?
Headaches, neurocognitive deficits, kidney damage