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Metabolic disorders Flashcards

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List conditions associated with obesity

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Diabetes mellitus
Hypertension
Atherosclerosis
Osteoarthritis
Cancer
Gall stones and gall bladder disease
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What are the pathological findings of a patient with kwashiokor?

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Decrease enzyme production
Anemia
Decreased immune response

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What are the signs of kwashiokor?

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Muscle wasting
Fatty liver
Small heart
Oedema
Body fat maintained
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What causes kwashiokor?

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Occurs when the baby stops being breast fed and is reliant on high carbs meal.

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Signs of Marasmus

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No oedema or enlarged liver
Wrinkled skin
Muscle wasting
(More fatal than kwashiokor)

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Complications associated with vit A deficiency

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Permanent blindness
Kidney stones
Night blindness

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Complications associated with vit B complex

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High cardiac output with oedema (wet beri-beri)
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
Dry beri-beri

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Clinical features of niacin deficiency

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Diarrhea
Dermatitis
Dementia
Death

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Clinical features of niacin deficiency

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Diarrhea
Dermatitis
Dementia
Death

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