Systemic Diseases-Flores Flashcards
1
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Jaundice
A
- Excess Bilirubin in the blood
- Causes:
- Autoimmune
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Liver Failure (Gilbert Syndrome)
- Differential Diagnosis:
- Hyperketonemia
- yellow skin due to diet carotene
- does not effect eyes
- Hyperketonemia
2
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Amyloidosis: Characterize
A
- Amyloid Deposits
- B-pleated sheets w/light chain molecules
- Types:
- organ-limited
- amyloid nodules
- Systemic:
- Primary
- associated w/multiple melanoma
- Secondary
- Chronic Inflammation
- Primary
- organ-limited
- Oral Manifestations:
- Track-Like lesions
3
Q
Xanthelasma
A
- Lipid-laden macrophages
- plaques on peri-ocular skin (Upper eyelid)›‹`
4
Q
Vitamin A Deficiency: Characterize
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- Blindness
- Sources:
- Liver (organ) meat
- red & yellow vegetables (Beta-carotene metabolism)
- Manifestations:
- Infant
- Blindness
- Adult
- can’t adapt to low light
- Severe
- dry cornea & skin→Blind
- Infant
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Vitamin B1 Deficiency: Characterize
A
- AKA Beriberi
- at risk:
- Alcoholics
- Gastric Bypass patients
- Manifestations:
- Cardiac Problems:
- Heart Failure
- Edema
- Neuro Problems:
-
Wernicke’s encephalopathy
- vomitting
- mental deterioration
-
Wernicke’s encephalopathy
- Cardiac Problems:
6
Q
Vitamin B2 Deficiency: Characterize
A
- Glossitis w/angular cheilitis
- Oral Manifestations:
- Glossitis
- Angular Cheilitis
- Sore throat
- Recurrent Aphthous Ulcerations
7
Q
Vitamin B3 Deficiency: Characterize
A
-
Aka Pellagra
- Triad: Dermatitis, Dementia, Diarrhea
- Oral Manifestations:
- stomatitis
- Glossitis (Tongue-red, smooth, raw)
- Untreated=death
8
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Vitamin B6 Deficiency: Characterize
A
-
Glossitis w/angular cheilitis
- same as B2
- oral manifestations:
- Cheilitis
- Glossitis
9
Q
Vitamin C Deficiency: Characterize
A
- Aka Scurvy
- Source:
- Citrus Fruits
- Need for collagen formation
- Oral:
- Scorbutic gingivitis (General Gingival Bleeding)
- Ulcerations
- Tooth Mobility
- spontaneous hemorrhage
10
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Vitamin D Deficiency: Characterize
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- Youth=rickets
- Adults= Osteomalacia
- Sources:
- UV radiation on skin
- Milk
- Cereal
11
Q
Vitamin E Deficiency: Characterize
A
- rare
- children w/chronic cholestatic liver disease
- Abnormal CNS
12
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Vitamin K Deficiency
A
-
Clotting Disorder
- inadequate prothrombin and other clotting factors
- Gingival Bleeding
13
Q
Plummer-Vinson Syndrome
A
-
Iron Deficiency
- anemia w/glossitis & dysphagia
- Koilonychia
- thin, spoon shaped nails
14
Q
Vitamine B12 Deficiency
A
- AKA PERNICIOUS ANEMIA
- oral:
- burning mouth Syndrome
15
Q
Pituitary Dwarfism
A
- Low GH produced by anterior pituitary
- oral:
- small maxilla and mandible
- w/smaller teetth
- Delayed tooth eruption (1-3 years
- No 3rd molars
- small maxilla and mandible