wk11 - thirst

Question 1

True or False: Thirst is a fluid issue that is caused by heat, fluid excess, or fluid vacuity.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

True or False: Thirst may not present as a patient’s chief complaint, but it will help us as practitioners better diagnose patients and understand their underlying pattern.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Patients with Excess Heat and Vacuity Heat share thirst and a desire for cold fluids. How do we determine whether the thirst is due to Excess or Vacuity? What questions would we ask?

Answer 3

· How do they take in fluid? (gulping or sipping)

· Do they desire ice? (yes or no)

Question 4

A thirsty patient who gulps fluid and desires ice has Excess or Vacuity Heat?

Answer 4

Excess Heat

Question 5

A thirsty patient who sips on fluid and does not desire ice has Excess or Vacuity Heat?

Answer 5

Vacuity Heat

Question 6

True or False: Summerheat thirst is an exterior condition that involves an immediate loss of fluids.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

A patient who has thirst, desires fluids, and sips on fluids has what condition? What would desire for warm fluids indicate?

Answer 7

· Diarrhea (Yang Vacuity or Yang Collapse)

· warm fluids if Yang Vacuity

Question 8

A patient who has thirst but a lack of desire for fluids has what condition? Would this person suck on ice cubes?

Answer 8

· Damp Heat (no desire for more fluids bc these patients already have too much fluid)
· might suck on ice cubes

Question 9

A patient who has NO thirst but a desire for warmth has what condition?

Answer 9

· Cold Damp (no thirst bc these patients are cold, and it’s heat that creates thirst)

Question 10

A patient presenting with thirst but no desire to drink likely has what condition?

Answer 10

Damp Heat

Question 11

A patient presenting with thirst and the desire to gulp cold fluids likely has what conditions?

Answer 11

Excess Heat

Question 12

A patient complaining of dizziness which he describes as feeling like walking on a boat has which of the following underlying conditions?

(a) Blood stagnation
(b) Qi Vacuity
(c) LV Yang Rising
(d) LV Fire

Answer 12

(c) LV Yang Rising

Question 13

A patient complaining of ringing in the ears which is high pitched likely has which of the following conditions?

(a) Blood stagnation
(b) Qi Vacuity
(c) LV Yang Rising
(d) LV Fire

Answer 13

(c) LV Yang Rising

Question 14

A patient suffering from gradual hearing loss likely has which of the following conditions?

(a) SJ channel disorder
(b) GB damp heat
(c) KD vacuity
(d) LV blood vacuity

Answer 14

(c) KD vacuity