Sarah Michelle Board Review Exam
Containing 475 Questions and Answers
2024-2025.
supplement used for depression and mental health - Answer: St. john's Wort
supplement for memory; treat altitude sickness (prevention), cerebral vascular
insufficiency, cognitive disorders, dementia, dizziness/vertigo, intermittent
claudication, macular degeneration/glaucoma, memory loss, premenstrual
syndrome, SSRI-induced sexual dysfunction, and as a vasodilator - Answer: Ginko
,supplement used for menopausal symptoms; commonly used for symptoms of
menopause, premenstrual syndrome (PMS), painful menstruation, weak and
brittle bones (osteoporosis) - Answer: Black Cohosh
nutritional supplement; lipid enzyme that helps in moving electrons along
electron transport chain; also acts as an antioxidant; increases mitochondrial
function; levels decline with age - Answer: CoQ10
supplement; Derivative of the purple coneflower; prevents infection and has
healing properties; used internally to support the immune system. shorten the
duration of the common cold and flu, and reduce symptoms, such as sore throat
(pharyngitis), cough, and fever - Answer: Echinacea
supplement; Possible interaction with antipsychotic drugs; can improve nerve
damage from diabetes, used for osteoporosis; acne, eczema, pms, high blood
pressure, heart health, skin health, breast tenderness, - Answer: Evening Primrose
supplement; Stress and anxiety, sedative effects; They act much like alcohol on
your brain, making you feel calm, relaxed, and happy. The plant is also thought to
relieve pain, prevent seizures, and relax muscles - Answer: Kava Kava
Depression, OA, liver disease
But - can cause hypomania, hyperactive muscles, possible serotonin syndrome -
Answer: SAM-e
,BPH; dietary supplement for urinary symptoms associated with an enlarged
prostate gland (also called benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH), as well as for
chronic pelvic pain, migraine, hair loss - Answer: Saw Palmetto
supplement; Lipid lowering effects, acute diarrhea; symptoms of menopause
(such as hot flashes) and to help prevent bone loss (osteoporosis) - Answer: Soy
Isoflavones
calms nerves. Avoid with liver disease; relieve anxiety, depression, and poor sleep,
and also to ease menstrual and stomach cramps - Answer: Valerian Root
inflammation of the mouth with small, painful ulcers; inside the mouth; canker
sore - only topical relief - Answer: aphthous stomatitis
A viral infection causing small painful blisters and inflammation, most commonly
at the junction of skin and mucous membrane in the mouth or nose or in the
genitals; vesicular in nature; painful clustered vesicles on an erythematous base -
Answer: Herpes
Redness and bumpiness in the cheeks or upper arms; caused by blocked follicles;
chicken bumps or chicken skin; common in children - outgrow. treated with
emollients and moisturizer - Answer: Keratosis Pilaris
, bacterial skin infection characterized by isolated pustules that become crusted
and rupture; honey crusted lesions; caused by strep pyogenes and staph aureus -
Answer: impetigo
treat with oral antibiotics - Answer: bollous impetigo
treat with bactoban/mupirocin ointment - Answer: non-bollous impetigo
Presents with a herald patch, Christmas-tree pattern. back or abdomen; self-
limiting - Answer: Pityriasis Rosea
Initial bite is painless
Vermon is necrotizing - reactions range from mild urticaria to full thickness
necrosis. Lesion is a sinking macule, pale gray in color, slightly eroded in center,
with halo of tender inflammation and hemorrhage; Lesion extends to muscle;
tender, deep purple, white halo presents around it with systemic symptoms -
Answer: brown recluse spider bite
treated the same of lyme disease - doxycycline; ALWAYS doxy - benefits outweigh
the risk because mortality rate is huge. 3-5 days after initial S&S a rash will appear
on the hands and soles of the feet. caused by a tick - Answer: rocky mount
spotted fever
Tick-borne disease caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. Bulls eye lesion
treat with doxy - if allergic, amoxicillin - Answer: lyme disease
Containing 475 Questions and Answers
2024-2025.
supplement used for depression and mental health - Answer: St. john's Wort
supplement for memory; treat altitude sickness (prevention), cerebral vascular
insufficiency, cognitive disorders, dementia, dizziness/vertigo, intermittent
claudication, macular degeneration/glaucoma, memory loss, premenstrual
syndrome, SSRI-induced sexual dysfunction, and as a vasodilator - Answer: Ginko
,supplement used for menopausal symptoms; commonly used for symptoms of
menopause, premenstrual syndrome (PMS), painful menstruation, weak and
brittle bones (osteoporosis) - Answer: Black Cohosh
nutritional supplement; lipid enzyme that helps in moving electrons along
electron transport chain; also acts as an antioxidant; increases mitochondrial
function; levels decline with age - Answer: CoQ10
supplement; Derivative of the purple coneflower; prevents infection and has
healing properties; used internally to support the immune system. shorten the
duration of the common cold and flu, and reduce symptoms, such as sore throat
(pharyngitis), cough, and fever - Answer: Echinacea
supplement; Possible interaction with antipsychotic drugs; can improve nerve
damage from diabetes, used for osteoporosis; acne, eczema, pms, high blood
pressure, heart health, skin health, breast tenderness, - Answer: Evening Primrose
supplement; Stress and anxiety, sedative effects; They act much like alcohol on
your brain, making you feel calm, relaxed, and happy. The plant is also thought to
relieve pain, prevent seizures, and relax muscles - Answer: Kava Kava
Depression, OA, liver disease
But - can cause hypomania, hyperactive muscles, possible serotonin syndrome -
Answer: SAM-e
,BPH; dietary supplement for urinary symptoms associated with an enlarged
prostate gland (also called benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH), as well as for
chronic pelvic pain, migraine, hair loss - Answer: Saw Palmetto
supplement; Lipid lowering effects, acute diarrhea; symptoms of menopause
(such as hot flashes) and to help prevent bone loss (osteoporosis) - Answer: Soy
Isoflavones
calms nerves. Avoid with liver disease; relieve anxiety, depression, and poor sleep,
and also to ease menstrual and stomach cramps - Answer: Valerian Root
inflammation of the mouth with small, painful ulcers; inside the mouth; canker
sore - only topical relief - Answer: aphthous stomatitis
A viral infection causing small painful blisters and inflammation, most commonly
at the junction of skin and mucous membrane in the mouth or nose or in the
genitals; vesicular in nature; painful clustered vesicles on an erythematous base -
Answer: Herpes
Redness and bumpiness in the cheeks or upper arms; caused by blocked follicles;
chicken bumps or chicken skin; common in children - outgrow. treated with
emollients and moisturizer - Answer: Keratosis Pilaris
, bacterial skin infection characterized by isolated pustules that become crusted
and rupture; honey crusted lesions; caused by strep pyogenes and staph aureus -
Answer: impetigo
treat with oral antibiotics - Answer: bollous impetigo
treat with bactoban/mupirocin ointment - Answer: non-bollous impetigo
Presents with a herald patch, Christmas-tree pattern. back or abdomen; self-
limiting - Answer: Pityriasis Rosea
Initial bite is painless
Vermon is necrotizing - reactions range from mild urticaria to full thickness
necrosis. Lesion is a sinking macule, pale gray in color, slightly eroded in center,
with halo of tender inflammation and hemorrhage; Lesion extends to muscle;
tender, deep purple, white halo presents around it with systemic symptoms -
Answer: brown recluse spider bite
treated the same of lyme disease - doxycycline; ALWAYS doxy - benefits outweigh
the risk because mortality rate is huge. 3-5 days after initial S&S a rash will appear
on the hands and soles of the feet. caused by a tick - Answer: rocky mount
spotted fever
Tick-borne disease caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. Bulls eye lesion
treat with doxy - if allergic, amoxicillin - Answer: lyme disease
