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Midterm Flashcards

1
Q

T/F: Fevers are the result of damage to the body caused by germs.

A

False

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2
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What part of the brain regulates body temp?

A

Hypothalamus

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3
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Blood iron levels are (higher/lower) with a fever.

A

lower

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4
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What should the patient be checked for when they have a fever?

A

Dehydration usually due to vomiting and diarrhea

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5
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T/F: Infants get dehydrated more rapidly than adults or children.

A

True

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6
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Aspirin use in children can cause ___ ____, a very serious and sometimes fatal condition.

A

Reyes Syndrome

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7
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T/F: If brain injury results from a febrile illness it is because of the very high fever.

A

False it’s b/c the illness was in the brain or meninges

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8
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T/F: Febrile seizures do not always occur at the highest point of the fever.

A

True

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9
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If the fever is below ___degrees Fahrenheit, it should be allowed to run its course since they rarely last more than 3-5 days.

A

106

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10
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T/F: Alcohol rubs and ice water baths should never be used to lower a fever.

A

True (lukewarm water baths are acceptable though.)

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11
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Should one warmly bundle a child who is febrile?

A

No!

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12
Q

Febrile seizures occur in about _% of the population.

A

6%

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13
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T/F: Febrile seizures do not increase risk of subsequent epilepsy.

A

True

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14
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Can chiropractic adjustments can be used to reduce a fever?

A

Maybe, we normalize the nervous systems control of the process which may make the fever go up, down, or even have no change.

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15
Q

What is the neurodystrophic model?

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subluxation as a cause of lowered resistance thus making it more susceptible to infection.

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16
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What was attributed to having a big part in the problem of resistant microbes?

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Use of antibiotics in agriculture

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17
Q

Women who took the most antibiotics over a 17-year period had double the risk of what cancer?

A

Breast

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18
Q

What is the chiropractic view of the germ theory?

A

Germs alone do not cause infectious disease, they are the ‘necessary condition for’ a given infection rather than the cause of the infection.

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19
Q

List some other health issues overuse/inappropriate use of antibiotics have been linked to:

A

Otitis media
diarrhea
yeast infections
childhood asthma

20
Q

T/F: There is no such thing as a vaccine that doesn’t have some undesirable side effects.

A

True

21
Q

T/F: The majority of reported measles cases in recent years were only in children that were unvaccinated.

A

False, …were occurring in fully-vaccinated children

22
Q

(Bacterial/viral) vaccines are suspected to be involved in genetic damage and autoimmune disorders.

A

Viral

23
Q

What is the chiropractic definition of hygiene?

A

The restoration of natural and healthful environmental conditions which have been made abnormal by civilized life.

24
Q

T/F: If the immune system isn’t stimulated early in life by germs, it overreacts later to allergy-inducing substances.

A

True

25
Q

T/F: Children who live on a farm are more likely to have asthma and allergies than an urban-raised child.

A

False

26
Q

Use of antibiotics in the 1st yr of life led to a ___ times more likely chance of developing asthma.

A

4.05

27
Q

Heavy use of antibiotics in children associated with increased risk of what cancer?

A

Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma (also increased risk from heavy use of NSAIDS)

28
Q

T/F: A person who had chickenpox may have a better immune system to fight off gliomas before they become dangerous.

A

True

29
Q

An increase in viral infections (like varicella, scarlet fever, measles, rubella, mono & mumps) have an increased or decreased prevalence of CHD?

A

Decreased (childhood viral infections decreased coronary risk.)

30
Q

T/F: Arsenic decreases growth in any amount.

A

False, in small amounts acts as a growth promoter; becomes toxic/lethal at moderate/large amounts respectively.

31
Q

T/F: Strenuous exercise can cause immune suppression.

A

True and structural damage (moderate exercise better)

32
Q

What is the most common diagnosis of children?

A

Otitis media (OM is also 2nd MC diagnosis in medicine) -1994

33
Q

T/F: 85% of kids not receiving antibiotics recover completely w/out complications.

A

True

34
Q

What is the most common operation for children?

A

Insertion of tympanostomy tubes

35
Q

What are the top 2 causes of OM?

A

infection

allergy

36
Q

What is the active ingredient in Tylenol? Advil?

A

Tylenol=acetaminophen

Advil=ibuprofen

37
Q

Fever (increases/decreases) interferon production.

A

Increases

38
Q

T/F: Antipyretics may prolong flu signs and symptoms.

A

True

39
Q

Being in daycare during the first year of life was linked to a decrease in which childhood cancer prevalence?

A

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

40
Q

Which antibiotic trial for otitis media was stopped because of concerns over liver failure?

A

Ketek

41
Q

What is the official stance on treatment for otitis media?

A

Wait & see

42
Q

The name of the DO that discovered a ‘new’ way of treating OM with manipulation?

A

Dr. Block

43
Q

How can tensor veli palatini dysfunction lead to OM?

A

This muscle controls opening/closing of Eust.tube

44
Q

Nerve supply for tensor veli palatine?

A

Controlled by superior cervical gangion, which gets innervations from C1-C4

45
Q

It is also suggested people with OM remove __ from their diet.

A

Dairy

46
Q

According to BJ, what 3 things must a cell have to be healthy?

A

Proper quantities of OXYGEN,
Proper quantity & quality of NUTRITION,
Proper quantity & quality of VITAL ENERGY

47
Q

Children that were not breastfed had a __x more chance to develop asthma.

A

1.5

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