Mini test 5 - Respiratory, diabetes and GI diseases

Question 1

Productive cough

Answer 1

coughing, sudden, repetitively. helps clear the passageway (e.g. from mucus)

Question 2

pulmonary hypertension

Answer 2

increase in blood pressure in the pulmonary artery, vein or capillaries

Question 3

cor pulmonale

Answer 3

lung disease/disease in pulmonary blood vessels resulting in enlargement of right side of the heart

Question 4

respiratory acidosis

Answer 4

decreased gas exchange in the lungs. Excess CO2 + H2O form carbonic acid therefore increasing acidity in blood.

Question 5

protease

Answer 5

a amino acid that breaks down proteins and peptides

Question 6

antiprotease

Answer 6

inhibits the enzymatic activity of proteases

Question 7

atopy

Answer 7

hereditary predisposition, produce a lot of IgE anitbodies to common allergens –> hypersensitivity reaction.

Question 8

status asthmaticus

Answer 8

asthma attacks follow one another without pause

Question 9

pneumoconiosis

Answer 9

disease of the lungs due to inhalation of dust –> inflammation, coughing and fibrosis

Question 10

silicosis

Answer 10

lung fibrosis caused by inhalation of dust containing silica

Question 11

asbestosis

Answer 11

lung disease –> inhalation of asbestos particles, severe fibrosis and high risk of mesothelioma

Question 12

mesothelioma

Answer 12

cancer of mesothelioma tissue –> associated with exposure to asbestos

Question 13

IDDM

Answer 13

insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
(type 1 diabetes)
autoimmune destruction of insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas
(failure to produce insulin)

Question 14

NIDDM

Answer 14

non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
(type 2 diabetes)
insulin resistance, or body’s failure to use insulin properly

Question 15

polydipsia

Answer 15

excessive thirst

Question 16

microangiopathy

Answer 16

disease of the small blood vessels

Question 17

ketoacidosis

Answer 17

accumulation of ketone bodies
insulin deficiency
(pH is too acidic)

Question 18

peptic ulcer

Answer 18

ulceration of a mucus membrane of the oesophagus, stomach, duodenum to to action of the acid gastric juice

Question 19

malignant peptic ulcer

Answer 19

untreated chronic gastric ulcers

erosion in the lining of the stomach/duodenum