Medical/amls Final Review Study Guide Graded A+

COPD has a tendency to develop what problem with symptoms of sudden onset, acute SOB and and CP: {Ans: Pulmonary Embolism (Due to clots formed in the atrium)}Abdominal cramping, nausea, vommiting 3 days: {Ans: gastroenteritis}Lock jaw caused by {Ans: Tetanus}Headache when lying down and goes away after work . Pain happening for a week - Possible: {Ans: Slow head bleed or stroke (check pupils and stroke test)}ADH vs Aldosterone {Ans: What's the difference between ADH and Aldosterone? ADH Keeps water, and water only; Aldosterone keeps water and salt. ........ If you eat food that's high in salts, you increase the tonicity of your bloodstream when it's absorbed and become hypertonic. That triggers ADH which causes your kidneys to retain water and only water. A drop in blood pressure will also cause ADH release because there's a multiplicity to the body all the time. There's never been a clinical case of somebody overproducing ADH. But there are clinical cases of lower than normal ADH levels (deficiency) which goes by the name of diabetes insipidus. What's diabetes insipidus? If you can't make ADH, you pee a lot because you have no way of not-peeing a lot. The