TA Review Diseases and Minerals Flashcards
coronary heart disease
-narrowing of arteries near the heart causing blockage
four stages of athersclerosis
- healthy
- fatty streak
- atherosclerotic plaque
- plaque rupture or erosion and thrombus formation
what is the underlying mech of the heart attack
-eruption of plaque
trans fats
- forms during the hydrogenation of fats or naturally are in ruminant animals
- increases LDL, potentially decreases HDL and increases CVD
saturated fats
- solid at room temp
- animal fats
- increases LDL, which increases CVD risk
mono and polyunsaturated fats
- these can decrease the risk and prevalence of heart disease
- liquid at room temp
- intake decreases LDL, which decreases CVD risk
omega 6 and 3
-omega 6 is more thrombotic and inflammatory and three is the opposite
omega 3
- source
- health benefit
- foudn in both animals and veggies
- marine fish oil is the best source
- as you increase intak you drastically decrease your risk of sudden death
whole grains
- CVD
- mechanism
- reduced risk for CVD
- mechanism: more fiber and phytonutrients; decreased risk of diabetes (controls glucose)
fiber and CHD
- intake is inversely associated with CHD (for soluble and insoluble)
- decreased total LDL; reduced glycemic and insulinemic response; food with fiber contains little saturated fats
physiological effects of soluble fiber
-decreases enterohepatic recirculation of bile acids by binding them and dragging them to excretion (this also ups cholesterol usage by making more bile acids which is good!); and decreases cholesterol absorption
phys effects of sugar
-specifically HFCS
- cause weight gain
- HFCS is associated with weightgain, increased triglycerides, insulin resistance;
fructose metabolism
-bypasses glycolysis at a rate limiting step and goes straight to liver for hepatic metabolism
what are the two greates effects to weight loss
-increased physical activity and decreased sodium intake
pattern of a healthy diet
-more plant based food than animal food
foods in a healthy diet
- whole grains
- vegetables and fruit
- low/nonfatdairy
nutrients of a healthy diet
- nutrient dense
- high in potassium
- low in sodium
- lower in SFA and trans fat
- higher in PUFA and MUFA
liver synthesized materials
- for local use:
- for release into blood
- for release into bile
- local: amino acids, transaminase (liver enzymes), alkaline phosphatase
- blood: urea, plasma proteins, lipoproteins
- bile: bile acids, cholesterol, phospholipids
what does the liver store (vitmains, minerals, molecules)
- glycogen
- vitamin B12
- fat soluble vitamins
- iron/ferritin
liver fat metabolism
- lipogenesis and lysis
- FA esterification and oxidation
- cholesterol, bile acid synthesis/degradation/esterification
- lipoprotein formation
protein metabolism in the liver
- produces: albumin, glycoproteins, transferrin, acute phase proteins, ceruloplasmin, clotting factors
- urea formation
four stages of liver disease
- inflammation
- fibrosis
- scarring
- cirrhosis
liver fibrosis
-scarring and thickening of the liver
cirrhosis of the liver
- chronic scarring
- irreversible and causes life threatening sequelae
liver disease leads to
- hypoalbuminemia
- increase in protime/INR due to failure of hepatic synthetic function
causes of liver disease
- infection
- toxins
- metabolic factors
- immunological factors
- altered circulation
- biliary obstruction
hepatitis A spread
-fecal oral route
hep b spread
- perinatal
- blood
- sexual transmission
hep c spread
-big diff between the other 2
- blood transmission
- No preventative vaccine
alcoholic liver disease
- cause
- treatment
- stages
- alcohol is directly toxic to the liver
- treatment is abstinence
- stages: alcoholic steatosis, alcoholic hepatitic, alcoholic cirrhosis
alcoholic steatosis
- cause
- symptoms
- treatment
- may develop with transient alcohol use or chronic
- fatty deposits in the liver
- asymptomatic
- reversible with abstinence
alcoholic hepatitis
- cause
- symptoms
- develops after years of drinking
- fever, tender hepatomegaly
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
- stats
- cause
- hep manifestation of what
- etiology
- most common cause of liver disease in the US
- caused by innapropriate management of lipids by the liver
- fatty liver NOT caused by booze
- hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome
- possible insulin resistance fails to suppress the lipolysis of adipose (increased efflux of FFa from adipose which is sent to the liver)
non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
- what is it
- manifestations
- extreme form of NAFLD
- lipid accumulation and inflammation
- due to second hit theory (possibly the presence of a virus)
risk factors for NAFLD
- insulin resistence which causes: obesity, DM2, hyperlipidemia
- female, rapid weight loss, parenteral nutrition, medications
progression of NAFLD to cirrhosis
- NAFLD
- NASH
- cirrhosis
hemochromatosis
- cause
- what
- patients have
- manifestation
- prevention to cirrhosis
- iron overload syndrome
- due to genetic mutation
- iron deposition in liver leads to scarring and eventually cirrhosis
- patients have high serum Fe/TIBC ratio
- progression to cirrhosis can be prevented with phlebotomy, iron chelation therapy
wilsons disease
- defect in biliary excretion of copper
- leads to fatty infiltration, liver fibrosis and scarring, cirrhosis
- concomitatn neuropsychiatricdisease
autoimmune hepatitis
- manifestation
- treatment
- causes liver inflammation and eventual scarring
- treatment with steroids and immunosuppressive therapy
primary biliary cirrhosis
- manifestation
- treatment
- leads to damage and destruction of bile ducts
- liver transplant
primary sclerosing cholangitis
- leads to
- associated with
- treatment
- seen in conjunction with
- chronic cholestatic disease that leads to inflammation, fibrosis, and stricturing of medium and large bile ducts
- associated with ulcerative colitis
- liver transplant
- seen in conjunction with ulceritis
cirrhosis
- causes
- leads to
- nodule formation and liver fibrosis
- causes: reduction in functional cell mass
- leads to: hepatic encephalopathy, ascites, portal HTN, hepatorenal syndrome
portal HTN
- hepatic fibrosis leads to increased resistance to blood flow through the liver so the blood backs up
- leads to formation of varices
varices
- cause
- found in
- what are they
- clinical sig
- caused by portal HTN
- large dilated veins
- found in esophagus, stomach, rectum
- they bleed
ascites
- accumulation of fluid in the peritonela space
- due to elevated hydrostatic pressure from portal hypertension and from decreased oncotic pressure from hypoalbuminemia
- treatment with paracentesis, diuretic treatment, dietary sodium restriction
hepatic encephalopathy
- manifests as
- etiology
- decreased mental status
- etiology: increased ammonia, false NT (LD amino acids greater than BCAA and cross the BBB and act like NTs to cause confusion)
treatment of hepatic encephalopathy
- eliminate precipitating factors
- supportive nutrition
- lactulose or neomycin as medical treatments
energy requirements of patients with cirrhosis
- vary
- have the whole range of metabolism
- normally the requirements are 120%-140% of REE
- malnutrition is present in up to 80% of patients (more common in ALD)
malnutrition in LD patients is associated with increased risk of
- variceal bleeding
- refractory ascites
- spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
causes of malnutrition in liver disease patients
- metabolic abnormalities similar to sepsis or trauma
- an overnight fast for a liver disease patient is like a 72 hour fast for a normal person
protein restriction in liver encephalopathy
- based on protein intolerance causes encephalopathy
- not evidence based
- common that patients with encephalopathy do not receive adequate protein
nutrition therapy with ACUTE encephalopathy
- gradual increase in protein
- small frequent meals and bedtime snack
- vitmain and mineral supp
- restrict Na/fluid if ascites. edema present
nutrition therapy with CHRONIC encephaolopathy
- once encephalopathy resolves gradually increase protein to normal
- use enteral supplements
- encourage BCAA’s