Lecture 7 Flashcards
What is diabetes mellitus?
Group of metabolic diseases characterized by high blood glucose and the inability to produce/ or use insulin
What ages and genders does diabetes mellitus affect?
All ages and all genders
If diabetes mellitus is poorly controlled and untreated it will lead to
Vascular disease
Metabolic complications
Retinopathy: Blindness
Nephropathy: End Stage Renal Disease
Diabetes mellitus has a bidirectional relationship with oral heath. How?
What are the four types of diabetes mellitus?
Signs and symptoms of type 1 diabetes
Signs and symptoms of Type 2 diabetes
Testing for diabetes mellitus
Medical management of type 1 diabetes
Patients who take insulin are at risk for insulin shock if they
do not maintain their diets as the insulin is prescribed to support.
Patients that do not maintain their diets as the insulin is prescribed to support will result in
hypoglycemia referred to as insulin shock.
Symptoms of insulin shock
Differences and similarities between type 1 and type 2 diabetes
Medical management of type 2 diabetes
Name some glucose lowering agents
Dental management of diabetes mellitus
Oral manifestations of diabetes mellitus
What is the function of the thyroid gland?
Definitions of goiter, thyrotoxicosis, graves disease, hypothyroidism, myxedema, hashimoto thyroiditis, thyroiditis
Hyperthyroidism:
Causes what conditions
Commonly associated with:
Eye symptoms and conditions and what they may result in :
May be caused by:
Skin manifestations
Signs and symptoms of hyperthyroidism and what is a thyroid storm
Medical management of hyperthyroidism
Dental management of hyperthyroidism
Oral manifestations of hyperthyroidism
Thyroiditis:
Most often caused by
Affects what gender and age
Progresses to
What is the main symptom?
What is the thyroid like in thyroiditis?
Treatment for goiters
Oral manifestations of thyroiditis
Signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism
Medical management hypothyroidism
What medications treat it?
What modifications to treatment are needed for diabetic patients with hypothyroidism?
What medical emergency should one be aware of and why? How to
Treat it?
What habit makes hypothyroidism worse?
Dental management of hypothyroidism
Oral manifestations: Hypothyroidism
Thyroid cancer:
Caused by:
Risk factors:
Distant cancers may___
Presentation:
Diagnosed after
Treatment
Cortisol:
What is it?
Aids in?
Acts against?
Increases? Has what type of properties?
Secreted upon?
Increases when?
Aldosterone is a hormone responding to
What are the different types of adrenal gland disorders?
Cushings disease signs and symptoms
Addisions disease signs and symptoms
Medical management of addisons disease
Medical management of cushings disease
What is an adrenal crisis?
Dental management and oral manifestations for patients with adrenal conditions