Medical Complications of Addiction Flashcards
Patients who inject pills may get ____ ___- the filler of the pill shreds up their retinal capillaries and they see flashes
talk flashes
Patients with ___ cancer should stop drinking because of an estrogen related mechanism
breast
Alcoholics’ livers first become ___, then become ____ ( known as ____)
fatty; scar tissue (cirrhosis)
A danger of cirrhosis is ____ ____, which can pop once the blood flow in the liver backs up
esophageal varices
Wernicke’s encephalopathy is a medical emergency- caused by a ____ deficiency. Three major symptoms
Thiamine
Altered mental status, ataxic gait, ocular dysfunction
BEER- balance, eyes, retardation (mental)
Korsakoff’s syndrome has ___ bodies and ____ when you speak to them
mamillaries; confabulation
Alcohol withdrawal presents with ____ ANS symptoms and treated with ____. This lasts ___ days
sympathetic; benzos; 3-5
___ ___ is severe alcohol withdrawal caused by the compensation of the body to the increased ___ tone caused by alcohol (essentially there is no ___ tone left)
Delirium Tremens; GABA
DT can cause __ ___, usually of things the patient fears
visual hallucinations
Three signs of the non-serious opiate withdrawal
Blown, fixed pupils, rhinorrhea, and piloerection
OD of opiates is fatal because of ___ and decreased sensitivity to ___
respiratory depression; CO2
Cocaine causes ___ (vascular) which can cut off the blood supply to organs
vasospasms
Cocaine causes ____ (CNS) which increase over time
seizures
A common, odd way stimulants kill people is
hyperthermia
Cocaine (stimulants) causes ___ (vascular) which can cut off the blood supply to organs
vasospasms
