Harvluck B9 W5 Flashcards
Temperature for conscious intelligence
Component in sweat for body odour
Urea
Types of psoriasis
Chronic plaque which is most common
Guttate (raindrop)
Seborrhoeic such as nasolabial and retroaurical
Flexural
Pustural palmar-plantar
Koebner effect
Linear eruption at the site of trauma phenomenon
Psoriasis
Inflammatory condition due to hyperproliferation of keratinocytes and inflammatory cell infiltration
Complications of erythroderma
Cardiac failure, and capillary leak syndrome, fluid and electrolyte loss and secondary infection
Internal signalling of cells
Cells scan for damage to DNA and subsequently activate ATM and ATR
Piloerection
Erector pili muscles receive sympathetic input to cause hair to stand on end and create pocket of air between skin to act as insulator
External signalling
Growth factors, receptors, Signal transduction proteins, DNA bInding proteins such as transcription factors
Causes of pyrexia of unknown origin
Infection, blood transfusion, hypothalamic insult, pyrogens, malignancy
Colorectal cancer
Adenoma due to mutation of K-RAS
Carcinoma due to mutation of p53 and DCC
Cumulative mutations result in tissue invasion
How do drugs affect thermoregulation?
Drugs like ectasy cause hyperthermia because it activates muscle activity for shivering action
Guttate psoriasis
Red, scaly raindrop shaped spots
Changes associated with pyrexia
Hypothalamus increases temperature set point, shivering, piloerection, increase in adrenaline. After a period of time, hypothalamus decreases set point so sweating and vasodilation occurs and resets cycle.
Temperature for enzyme denaturing?
45 degrees
How is hypothermia treated?
Warming the body by
Aluminium foil blanket, warm air blanket and prevent gangrene via use of cardiovascular bypass machine.
What is a cardiovascular bypass machine?
Machine which mechanically circulates oxygenated blood in patients without entering the heart and lungs
How is heat generated in pyrexia?
Prostaglandins which produce the endogenous pyrogens that interact with the hypothalamus
Caretaker proteins
Maintained genetic stability such as BRCA1 and BRCA2 involved in DNA repair but are not involved in cell proliferation
Temperature for hyperthermia
Above 38 degrees
Nodular melanoma
Present in trunks and legs of younger people due to UV exposure
Hypothermia causes
Hypothyroidism
Behaviour
Dermatological
Paradoxical increased flow
Occurs due to vasoconstriction which leads to ischaemia. This induces vasodilation.