Week 3 Case Study: Hypoproteinemia
1. Plasma is a yellowish like fluid that is contained in the blood. Water makes up 90 % of
plasma, proteins consist of about 6-8 % and about 1% of sodium. Other elements that
make up plasma include nutrients, gases, electrolytes, hormones, and nitrogenous wastes
(Saladin, 2019).
2. The essential role of making proteins in the body are clotting factors, transporting
proteins, and albumin. Clotting factors prevent too much bleeding and transporting
proteins like transferrin is needed to help transport protein to the rest of the body.
Albumin upholds the osmotic pressure of the blood. The liver and these proteins factors
are very important for major of the bodily functions and play a critical role in the
production of protein (Saladin, 2019).
3. The capillaries are where osmotic pressure collects water from surrounding fluid. This
allows it to maintain fluid and blood pressure. Albumin is a significant plasma protein,
and its function is to maintain osmotic pressure which happens in the capillaries (Kalra et
al., 2023).
4. Fluid advances out of the capillary into the interstitial compartment at the arterial end of
the capillaries when oncotic pressure is less than hydrostatic pressure. On the other hand,
fluid is being moved back into the capillaries from the tissues on the venous side
(Saladin, 2019).
5. Betty can start out on some antiviral medications to help take care of the overall cause of
the situation. Once that is started, she can then begin to target getting her protein levels
back up with a high protein intake diet. Since hypoproteinemia causes a person’s protein
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1. Plasma is a yellowish like fluid that is contained in the blood. Water makes up 90 % of
plasma, proteins consist of about 6-8 % and about 1% of sodium. Other elements that
make up plasma include nutrients, gases, electrolytes, hormones, and nitrogenous wastes
(Saladin, 2019).
2. The essential role of making proteins in the body are clotting factors, transporting
proteins, and albumin. Clotting factors prevent too much bleeding and transporting
proteins like transferrin is needed to help transport protein to the rest of the body.
Albumin upholds the osmotic pressure of the blood. The liver and these proteins factors
are very important for major of the bodily functions and play a critical role in the
production of protein (Saladin, 2019).
3. The capillaries are where osmotic pressure collects water from surrounding fluid. This
allows it to maintain fluid and blood pressure. Albumin is a significant plasma protein,
and its function is to maintain osmotic pressure which happens in the capillaries (Kalra et
al., 2023).
4. Fluid advances out of the capillary into the interstitial compartment at the arterial end of
the capillaries when oncotic pressure is less than hydrostatic pressure. On the other hand,
fluid is being moved back into the capillaries from the tissues on the venous side
(Saladin, 2019).
5. Betty can start out on some antiviral medications to help take care of the overall cause of
the situation. Once that is started, she can then begin to target getting her protein levels
back up with a high protein intake diet. Since hypoproteinemia causes a person’s protein
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