tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21375955683499822162011-07-07T13:52:01.905-07:00netski_4289http://www.blogger.com/profile/11013327255729392993noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2137595568349982216.post-90244541923672051362009-11-14T19:51:00.000-08:002009-11-14T20:20:55.819-08:00<p align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;">ETIOLOGY:</span></strong></p><ul><li><div align="center">DIABETES <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">MELLITUS</span></div></li><li><div align="center">INCREASED GLUCOSE LEVELS</div></li></ul><ol><li><div align="center">INCREASED <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">GLOMERULAR</span> FILTRATION RATE WHICH MAY LEAD TO <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">MICROALBUMINEMIA</span></div></li><li><div align="center">ENLARGEMENT OF <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">GLOMERULAR</span> CAPILLARY</div></li><li><div align="center">INCREASED PROTEIN CONTENT WHICH LEADS TO:</div></li></ol><ul><li><div align="center">INCREASED BUN</div></li><li><div align="center">INCREASED <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">CREATININE</span></div></li></ul><p align="center"> 4. INCREASED <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">ENDOCYTOSIS</span></p><p align="center"> 5. </p><ol><li><div align="center"> RENIN</div></li><li><div align="center">ANGIOTENSIN</div></li><li><div align="center">ANGIOTENSIN I</div></li><li><div align="center">ANGIOTENSIN II</div></li><li><div align="center">ALDOSTERONE (ADRENAL CORTEX)</div></li><li><div align="center">Na ABSORPTION AND WATER RETENTION</div></li><li><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">HYPERTENSION</span></strong></div></li></ol><div align="center"> 6. </div><ol><li><div align="center">DECREASED ABILITY TO CONCENTRATE URINE</div></li><li><div align="center">HYPOKALEMIA</div></li><li><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">BRAIN DYSFUNCTION AS MANIFESTED IN HYPOKALEMIA,</span></strong></div></li><li><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">ABDOMINAL DYSFUNCTION</span></strong></div></li></ol><p align="center"> 7. </p><ol><li><div align="center"><span></span>DECREASE ABILITY OF KIDNEY TO REGULATE Na </div></li><li><div align="center">HEMODILUTION OF Na BY WATER</div></li><li><div align="center">HYPONATREMIA</div></li><li><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>HEADACHE</strong></span></div></li><li><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>MUSCLE WEAKNESS </strong></span></div></li><li><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>FATIGUE</strong></span></div></li><li><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>APATHY </strong></span></div></li><li><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>ANOREXIA</strong></span></div></li><li><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>NAUSEA AND VOMITING</strong></span></div></li></ol><p align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></strong> </p><p align="justify"><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;">source:</span></strong></p><p align="left">Porth, C. (2007) Essentials of Pathophysiology: Concept of Altered Health States. Lippincott</p><p align="justify"> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2137595568349982216-9024454192367205136?l=thepathophysiology.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>netski_4289http://www.blogger.com/profile/11013327255729392993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2137595568349982216.post-26184279240641528352009-10-20T18:25:00.000-07:002009-10-20T18:27:25.982-07:00PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT ALL MANIFESTATIONS OF A CERTAIN DISEASE POSTED IN THIS BLOG DEPENDS ON THE PATIENT'S CONDITION. THIS MAY BE A REFERENCE...BUT KINDLY REFER INSTESD TO THE BOOKS I'M GOING TO POST.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2137595568349982216-2618427924064152835?l=thepathophysiology.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>netski_4289http://www.blogger.com/profile/11013327255729392993noreply@blogger.com0