Thursday, January 28, 2010

Can you PLEASE help me solve these!? 10 extra points*?
I'm taking my health class online and I have no clue what these questions mean! PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASE HELPP MEE!!! 26. How does HIV affect the body? It infects red blood cells, decreasing the amount of oxygen the blood can carry. It infects certain white blood cells, destroying the immune system and making the body susceptible to infection. It infects the alveoli of the lungs, reducing lung capacity and the effectiveness of the respiratory system. It infects blood-forming cells in the bone marrow, producing anemia and destroying the immune system. 27. Which type of diabetes generally occurs in young adults and children and always requires insulin as part of the treatment plan? type 1 type 2 type 3 type 4 28. Which of the following is NOT a warning sign of skin cancer? crushing chest pain a sore that does not heal unusual bleeding or discharge thickening or lumps 29. What is the most fatal form of skin cancer associated with moles? squamous cell carcinoma basal cell carcinoma malignant melanoma acute cell melanoma 30. What disease is caused by a bacteria and can be sent in a powdery form for bioterrorism and leads to difficulty breathing and even death? West Nile virus anthrax bovine spongiform encephalopathy stroke 31. What is the general name for all infections that cause diarrhea to occur? Irritable Bowel Syndrome Crohn's Disease Colon Cancer Dysentery 32. Which fat leads to atherosclerosis and can contribute to one's risk of a heart attack or stroke? steroids cholesterol phospholipids olive oil 33. What is key to improve cancer's survival rates? improve people's nutrition and lifestyle choices more research into better chemotherapy drugs programs that stress early detection and intervention better surgical techniques to remove all cancer cells 34. What is the disease that involves changes in the nerves and chemicals of the brain leading to memory loss, personality changes, and complete dependency? Parkinson's Alzheimer's Paget's Grave's 35. Which of the following is not a disorder related to hypertension? congestive heart failure stroke diabetes mellitus heart attack
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It's considered poor form to post a laundry list of your homework questions on Y!A. I suggest you Google each term or look it up in your glossary. You'll be a better person for it. Good luck in your studies, ~ Mitch ~
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I provided as many of the search areas as Yahoo Answers permits (10) at the other area where you placed your question: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiF.VHHg301RYLVdIslr1twjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20090806211605AALgfYl I do want to mention that if you are taking this course because it is a requirement for a field other than Health, it is still important to learn how to research for a quick answer. The whole idea of taking a course is to learn something...not just to get unearned credit. Here are some of the best and easiest sites to use: http://health.nih.gov/ Just type in the keyword - disease in the box and you will be given a selection. Try the first and second ones. Another easy site is the Mayo Clinic using the same procedure as above:: http://www.mayoclinic.com/ That said here are the best keywords and other info to use for each question: 26) I provided website information in my previous answer - this is one where you should really read - I'd avoid Wikipedia on this one as it will just confuse you. 27) The answers are in the other answer I provided Type in "Diabetes Type 4" to begin with - you'll find a shorter selection which will lead you to a discussion of all types and therefore your answer. 28) Warning signs of skin cancer or just think logically and then double check. 29) Fatal form of skin cancer "Most dangerous form of skin cancer" or just enter each term provided in the multiple choice 30) Begin at the top of your list and stop when you think you have the answer - If you're not sure, continue to the last 2. 31) Begin at the top of your list and check each term. 32) The search is "atherosclerosis" - very basic 33) Cancer - survival You could also type in "American Cancer Society" http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp 34) Begin with Alzheimer's disease move on to Parkinson's disease Paget's Disease Graves disease 35) "Hypertension" and then each of the choices You can do this and you need to do it. Would you want a doctor or nurse who made it through med school by getting the answers at Yahoo Answers?

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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Health Question

Health Question?
A massively obese (5'3", 275 pounds), 55-year-old, sexually active woman, nulligravida (no pregnancies), presented to her gynecologist because of vaginal spotting for 1 year. Her medical history includes non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and medically controlled hypertension, both diagnosed at age 43. Her gynecologic history included: menarche , age 11; coitarche, age 20; lifetime sexual partners, 2; 6 menses/year until age 51 when she became menopausal and her menstrual periods stopped. An endometrial biopsy yielded abundant tissue. Following the biopsy, the patient was lost o follow-up for 8 years. She is now brought to the ER after fainting at home. Her hemoglobin is 5 g/dL. Endometrial biopsy is repeated, followed by a simple hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy IS SHE DIAGNOSED WITH ANY DISEASE OR VIRUS? any info helps
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no i dont think so

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Health Majors Please help! Last test on health & i am really stressed

Health Majors Please help! Last test on health & i am really stressed.?
These are some of the ones i dont know. I mean there are ones out of this that i do know but yeah, I am really stressed and need help. Please Please help me. 27. Which type of diabetes generally occurs in young adults and children and always requires insulin as part of the treatment plan? type 1 type 2 type 3 type 4 28. Which of the following is NOT a warning sign of skin cancer? crushing chest pain a sore that does not heal unusual bleeding or discharge thickening or lumps 29. What is the most fatal form of skin cancer associated with moles? squamous cell carcinoma basal cell carcinoma malignant melanoma acute cell melanoma 30. What disease is caused by a bacteria and can be sent in a powdery form for bioterrorism and leads to difficulty breathing and even death? West Nile virus anthrax bovine spongiform encephalopathy stroke 31. What is the general name for all infections that cause diarrhea to occur? Irritable Bowel Syndrome Crohn's Disease Colon Cancer Dysentery 32. Which fat leads to atherosclerosis and can contribute to one's risk of a heart attack or stroke? steroids cholesterol phospholipids olive oil 33. What is key to improve cancer's survival rates? improve people's nutrition and lifestyle choices more research into better chemotherapy drugs programs that stress early detection and intervention better surgical techniques to remove all cancer cells 34. What is the disease that involves changes in the nerves and chemicals of the brain leading to memory loss, personality changes, and complete dependency? Parkinson's Alzheimer's Paget's Grave's 35. Which of the following is not a disorder related to hypertension? congestive heart failure stroke diabetes mellitus heart attack 36. How is hepatitis B typically transmitted? fecal-oral route bacteria and its spores contaminated blood or sexual contact breast-feeding 37. Which STD can cause blindness in a newborn baby if it infects the baby's eyes during the birth process while producing a greenish yellowish drainage from the reproductive organs of the infected adults? syphilis gonorrhea genital herpes chlamydia 38. Which STD begins as chancres or open lesions on the reproductive organs and can invade the nerous system causing difficulty speaking, headaches, blurred or diminishing vision, seisures, problems with memory and thinking, and depression? syphilis gonorrhea genital herpes chlamydia 39. Which organ is affected by hepatitis? brain stomach uterus liver 40. Which of the following is not a form of anthrax infection? digestive circulatory skin respiratory 41. The lack of which of the following hormones from the pancreas prevents the body from regulating its own blood sugar? insulin adrenaline testosterone melanin 42. Which of the following bacterial STDs is the most common in the United States causing the formation of a painless lesion which may result in scarring of the pelvic organs and sterility? gonorrhea genital warts syphilis chlamydia 43. What is the cause of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy? bacteria virus prion fungi 44. Which of the following best describes symptoms of BSE (Mad Cow Disease)? fatty plaque in the arteries leading to chest pain loss of the ability to sense, move, and think skin rash, digestive disturbances, and difficulty breathing severe headache or no symptoms at all 45. Which of the following best describes symptoms of diabetes mellitus? crushing chest pain, nausea, weakness, and fatigue excessive urination, thirst, and hunger flu-like symptoms, headache, and stiff neck loss of coordination on one side, slurred speech, and difficulty concentrating 46. Which of the following could cause a non-communicable disease? viruses bacteria smoking fungi 47. Which of the following is an example of a communicable disease? Alzheimer's disease common cold heart disease diabetes mellitus 48. Which of the following is NOT a reason it is difficult to cope with a chronic illness? financial obligations to cover treatment and care that health insurance may not
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First of all, who made up these questions? I'm not that impressed. These questions have been around for awhile - you could have just searched Y!A and found identically worded questions. . While you may be stressed, if you don't know the answers to some of these, what are you doing in this class? Just entering all of the answers takes more time than you spent cutting and pasting them. 27. Type 1 - the body does not produce insulin read this article: http://www.lifescript.com/Health/Conditions/Diabetes/The_Double_Whammy_What_is_Type_3_Diabetes.aspx 28 Crushing chest pain 29. Malignant melanoma http://www.cancercenter.com/skin-cancer-melanoma.htm 30. Anthrax https://health.google.com/health/ref/Anthrax 31. Question does not make sense because it is not accurate but the answer has to be dysentery as the other 3 options are not infection related http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/diarrhea/ 32. cholesterol http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Atherosclerosis/Atherosclerosis_Causes.html 33. all of the above but if you have to chose one go with programs which stress early detection and insurance plans which cover intervention 34. Alzheimer's followed by Parkinson's with dementia 35. Diabetes - but there is a relationship http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=2152 36. Hep B is transmitted through blood and bodily fluids - read and figure out the answer http://www.hepb.org/hepb/transmission.htm 37. Several can cause eye infection but the answer you want is gonorrhea http://www.wdxcyber.com/stds_pregnancy.html 38. see: reference above for answer 39. see: reference in question #36 or just think about it 40. see: question #30 reference 41. see: question #27 reference 42. see: question #37 reference 43. Mad Cow Disease - caused by watching too much Boston Legal in reruns - ok, it is thought to be a prion disease http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovine_spongiform_encephalopathy 44. see: reference in #43 45. excessive urination, thirst and hunger 46. this one's on you to think about 47. You don't know this one? That's nothing to sneeze at 48. You should be aware of the fact that you can add the rest of the answer by simply returning and adding it.

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Saturday, January 16, 2010

Could diabetes ever be an advantage in an environment

Could diabetes ever be an advantage in an environment?
Could it? Diabetes is generally this, skip it if you know what it is. Diabetes mellitus (IPA: /ËŒdaÉªÉ™ËˆbiËtiËz/ or /ËŒdaÉªÉ™ËˆbiËtÉ™s/, /mÉ™ËˆlaÉªtÉ™s/ or /ËˆmÉ›lÉ™tÉ™s/), often referred to simply as diabetes (Ancient Greek: Î´Î¹Î±Î²Î±Î¯Î½ÎµÎ¹Î½ "to pass through"), is a syndrome of disordered metabolism, usually due to a combination of hereditary and environmental causes, resulting in abnormally high blood sugar levels (hyperglycemia).[2] Blood glucose levels are controlled by a complex interaction of multiple chemicals and hormones in the body, including the hormone insulin made in the beta cells of the pancreas. Diabetes mellitus refers to the group of diseases that lead to high blood glucose levels due to defects in either insulin secretion or insulin action. [3] Diabetes develops due to a diminished production of insulin (in type 1) or resistance to its effects (in type 2 and gestational).[4] Both lead to hyperglycaemia, which largely causes the acute signs of diabetes: excessive urine production, resulting compensatory thirst and increased fluid intake, blurred vision, unexplained weight loss, lethargy, and changes in energy metabolism. Monogenic forms, e.g. MODY, constitute 1-5 % of all cases. So now lets say there's an organism that is in a low sugar environment, could it be a good thing?
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I am diabetic and have recently had to start insulin. I don't think there is any advantages to having diabetes. It is frustrating most of the time and I hate being diabetic.
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Well the classic answer is (or at least used to be) that if your ancient ancestors lived in times of feast or famine, having higher blood sugar would tide them over for a few days till they ate next. Then it got out of hand (evolutionarily) so it became fatal if untreated (at least Type I). Since 1921 we've been working against evolution by giving ourselves insulin so we can grow up and have kids, perpetuating the genes.

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Type I or II Diabetes

Type I or II Diabetes??
Time after carbohydrate meal (minutes) 0306090120 A4.17.97.47.04.0 B11.017.319.617.715.5 Blood glucose in mmoles/L Urine Test Sugar??Ketone Bodies?? ANegative0 B+++1.5 pm/L I know patient B is suffering from diabetes mellitus but is it type I or II and why?? yep have found an insulin result Patient A= 5.5 ng/ml Patient B= 0.22 ng/ml So Patient B is a Type I diabetic. Thanks for your answers.
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Umm ... B may be a type 1. Did "B" take insulin with their meal? What kind? It seems to me that a type 2's insulin would be released more quickly (since their pancreas still produces) so the sugars wouldn't peak that high that fast. Those numbers look like something my daughter would get ... though if she's at 279 at the end of 2 hours then she's not getting enough insulin. This is my totally uneducated opinion :o) I'm not sure you're going to find anyone in this forum that can help you with your homework. --edit-- Mr Peachy, a type 1 does eventually come back down without insulin. The sugar comes out with their urine, that's why there's increased urination and thirst. It just doesn't come down fast enough, and usually not far enough.
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Could be type two since the numbers seem to be coming back down. Not enough info to tell for sure. If the patient were a type one and wasn't treated, it would probably continue upward. The reason is, a type two produces insulin which, despite it not working all that well, will eventually bring the glucose levels down. An untreated type one has no insulin to bring the levels back to normal. Either way, this patient needs help.
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You will need to know this if you are to work with diabetics. You must really understand what you are learning. B is a Type 1 because: -The very high sustained elevated blood glucose readings. -Positive urine ketones -Low insulin levels. Research autoimmune Type 1 diabetes to learn WHY this occurs, and how it is different from Type 2 diabetes.

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Friday, January 8, 2010

Please, can someone help me do this bibliography?? (i need to turn this in in 40 minutes)

Please, can someone help me do this bibliography?? (i need to turn this in in 40 minutes)?
Sorry I would usually do this myself, but desperate times call for desperate measures. Can someone please do the bibliography for me?? THank you so much! Best answer to whoever answers the best. If you're too lazy to do it can you at least please tell me how i'm supposed to arrange it? thanks (1) nlm.nih.gov/MEDLINEPLUS/ency/article/000313.htm (2) â€œType 2 Diabetesâ€ American Diabetes Assosiation October 2008 <http://www.diabetes.org/type-2-diabetes.jsp> (3) http://www.fda.gov/Diabetes/ (4) http://diabetes.webmd.com/guide/type-2-diabetes (5) http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/book.asp?ref=9780813829333&site=1 (6) http://physiologyonline.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/20/3/152?hits=10&FIRSTINDEX=0&FULLTEXT=Diabetes+type+2&SEARCHID=1&gca=nips%3B20%2F3%2F152& (7) http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=2112 (8) http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3046103 (9) Matthews, Dawn D., ed. Diabetes Source Book. United States: Health Reference Series, 2003. (10) Peters, MD, Anne L. Conquering Diabetes. New York, NY: Penguin Group, 2005. (11) Complete Guide to Diabetes. United States: American Diabetes Association, 1996. (12) http://www.diabetesnet.com/ (13) Bernstain, M.D., Richard K. Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. Boston, New York, London: Little, Brown and Company, 1997,2003. (14) L. Plum, F. T. Wunderlich, S. Baudler, W. Krone and J. C. BrÃ¼ning â€œTransgenic and Knockout Mice in Diabetes Research: Novel Insights into Pathophysiology, Limitations, and Perspectivesâ€ APS Online Journal Vol. 20, No. 3, 152-161, June 2005 <http://physiologyonline.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/20/3/152?hits=10&FIRSTINDEX=0&FULLTEXT=Diabetes+type+2&SEARCHID=1&gca=nips%3B20%2F3%2F152&> (15) Holger Doege and Andreas Stahl â€œProtein-Mediated Fatty Acid Uptakeâ€ APS Online Journal Vol. 21, No. 4, 259-268, August 2006 <http://physiologyonline.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/21/4/259?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=diabetes+type+2&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=20&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HWCIT> (16) Votey, Scott MD â€œDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - A Reviewâ€ eMedicine Jul 9, 2008. October 2008. <emedicine.com/emerg/topic134.htm> (17) <medicinenet.com/diabetes_mellitus/page7.htm> MLA Format
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It depends, we don't know what format your bibliography needs to be in. Typically, I would say that they're in APA format. So, here's a website where you can look it up. http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citapa.htm
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Some of the links don't work. but what you do is organize them in alphabetical order. by the author's last name. and if the piece of work doesn't have an author.... then start with the title first. you should do mla format for this, if you can "Author and/or editor names Name of the database, or title of project, book, article Any version numbers available Date of version, revision, or posting Publisher information Date you accessed the material Electronic address, printed between carets ([<, >])."

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Monday, January 4, 2010

Does milk really suck? Or is it nutritional

Does milk really suck? Or is it nutritional?
We are the only mammals besides cats who drink milk after infancy. The odd thing is that after infancy, instead of continuing drinking our others milk, we drink cow milk. On milksucks.com it tells you how keeping your bones strong are easier than you think, and milk isn't required to do the job. In fact, there is an article on why milk and dairy products WON'T help you maintain healthy bones. Got Breast Cancer? Milksucks.com says this: Consuming dairy products is linked to an increased risk for breast cancer because dairy products are high in fat, animal protein, and hormones, each of which increases cancer risk. Since the 1980â€™s, study after study has linked dairy consumption to a high incidence of breast and other cancers. Women seeking to minimize their chances of breast cancer should avoid milk, other dairy products, and meat." What about heart disease? Milksucks.com says: Since the early 1970s, study after study after study has implicated cow's milk and other dairy products as a cause of heart disease and clogged arteries. One researcher, Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn from the Cleveland Clinic (the top-rated heart clinic in the U.S.), makes people "heart attack-proof" by putting them on a vegan diet (check out his groundbreaking paper in the American Journal of Cardiology, August 99). Do you or your teens have acne? Will drinking milk make you greasy, grimy, and pimply? Some doctors suspect that the fat, animal protein, sugar, and hormones in milk irritate the skin, causing break-outs. Dr. Jerome K. Fisher conducted a clinical study of 1,088 teen-age patients over 10 years and reported to the American Dermatological Association that milk was a principal contributor to some patients' acne. Dr. Fisher found that their acne tapered off as their milk consumption did. Are your kids sick? Cow's milk is the number one source of allergies in children, and research links consumption of dairy products, including cow's milk, to colic (stomach cramps), autism, chronic ear infections, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (type 1 or "juvenile-onset" diabetes), acne, obesity, flatulence, constipation, mucus, and a variety of other ailments. So the question is: Is milk as good as we think it is?
Diet & Fitness - 1 Answers
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i don't know. i am open for info i notice i get sick when i drink milk i don't drink it any more. that is a wonderful question

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Friday, January 1, 2010

Help with ICD 9 codes

Help with ICD 9 codes?
I am trying to find the ICD 9 codes for these questions. Could anyone please help? 1. Malignant hypertension with cardiovascular renal disease and congestive heart failure 2. Malignant hypertension with cerebrovascular disease with occlusion of the cerebral arteries 3. Pregnant patient with diabetes mellitus, Type 1, out of control and in comma, undelivered
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Quick go get your ICD Code book because I forgot to memorize mine.
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hang on and i'll look up exact codes for u look up disease..then u will go to 404... it will be 404.01...because of the heart failure..... you do the same with the rest.
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You may be able to find the answers here: http://icd9cm.chrisendres.com/

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