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____ deficiency is the most common cause of a goiter


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Iodine
- the body needs iodine to produce thyroid hormone

,What are the common conditions that are risk factors to developing Chronic Renal
Failure?


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Diabetes, HTN, glomerulonephritis, and chronic kidney disease or PKD
- As many as 75% of nephrons are healthy during initial stages and can
compensate stage 5 with GFR below 15mL/min




Aspiration pneumonia


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caused by foreign matter that is inhaled into the lungs
- anaerobic bacteria swallowed by the oropharynx




An ascending UTI (more commonly in women or during pregnancy) often leads to
which condition?


Glomerulonephritis
Pyelonephritis
Nephrolithiasis
AKI


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Pyelonephritis

,Hypertension causes traumatic damage to the endothelium of the arteries. Which
organs have arteries that are at particular risk for damage?


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Brain, heart, eyes, and kidneys




Hodgkin's lymphoma


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A malignancy of the lymphatic system that is distinguished from non-
Hodgkin's lymphoma by the presence of large, cancerous lymphocytes
known as Reed-Sternberg cells




End-stage renal disease (ESRD)


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Any type of kidney disease in which there is little or no remaining kidney
function

Symptoms:
- fatigue
- drowsiness
- decrease in urination or inability to urinate
- dry, itchy skin

, Influenza symptoms


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fever, chills, headache, body aches, fatigue, sore throat, dry cough, stuffy
nose




Huntington's disease


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- Autosomal dominant inherited disorder
- s/s do not develop until adulthood
- spasticity, lack of control, cognitive function, depression, psychosis,
dementia
- degeneration of neurons




Tay-Sachs Disease affects CNS, accumulation of ganglioside causes progressive
destruction of _____


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neurons and brain cells




malignant/resistant hypertension


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