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ENDOCRINE SYSTEM REGULATES 4
1. DIGESTION
2. GROWTH
3. ELECTROLYTE AND WATER METABOLISM
4. REPRODUCTION
ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND PRODUCES WHAT HORMONE
GROWTH HORMONE
THYROID PRODUCES WHAT 2 HORMONES
THYROXINE (T4) AND TRIODOTHRONINE (T3)
PARATHYROID PRODUCES WHAT HORMONE
PARATHORMONE
PARATHORMONE CAUSES WHICH TWO CONDITIONS
OSTEOPOROSIS AND KIDNEY STONES
ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONE PRODUCES WHAT
GLUCOCORTICOIDS
GLUCOCORTICOIDS CAUSES WHAT 2 SYNDROMES
CUSHING AND ADDISON’S
ADRENAL MEDULLA PRODUCES WHAT 2 HORMONES
EPINEPHRINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE
WHAT DOES EPINEPHRINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE CAUSE
HYPERTENSION
PANCREATIC ISLETS PRODUCES WHAT HORMONE
INSULIN
WHAT HORMONE IS GH
GROWTH HORMONE
WHAT HORMONE IS TSH
THYROID SYTIMULATING HORMONE
WHAT HORMONE IS ACTH
ADRENOCORICOTROPIC HORMONES IN THE ADRENAL GLAND
WHAT HORMONE IS FSH
FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE
WHAT HORMONE IS LH
LUTEINIZING HORMONE
WHAT DO FSH AND LH PRODUCE 5
1. TESTOSTERONE
2. SPERM
3. OVA
4. ESTROGEN
5. PROGESTERONE
WHAT HORMONE IS PRL
PROLACTIN
WHAT DOES THE HORMONE OXYTOCIN DO 2
1. LACTATION
2. UTERINE CONTRACTIONS
WHAT IS THE HORMONE ADH
ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE
WHAT DOES THE HORMONE ADH ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE IN THE KIDNEYS
WATER ABSORPTION
ANTERIOR PITUITARY SECRETES WHICH HORMONE
GH
POSTERIOR PITUITARY SECRETES WHICH 2 HORMONES
OXYTOCIN AND ADH
TOO MUCH ADH WHAT 2 DOES IT CAUSE
1. INHIBIT URINE PRODUCTION
2. VASOCONSTRICTION INCREASING BLOOD PRESSURE
TOO LITTLE ADH CAUSES WHAT TWO THINGS
1. OVERPRODUCTION OF URINE
2. DIABETES INSIPIDUS
WHAT TWO GLANDS CONTROL THE THYROID GLAND
1. HYPOTHALAMUS
2. PITUITARY GLAND
3 SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF ENLARGED THYROID – GOITRE
1. NECK ENLARGEMENT
2. DYSPHAGIA – SWALLOWING DIFFICULT
3. RESPIRATORY DISTRESS
WHAT DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS IS GIVEN TO ENLARGED THYROID -GOITRE
IODINE
WHAT IS ONE ANTI-THYROID MEDICATION
SODIUM IODIDE
WHAT IS ONE THYROID MEDICATION
THYROXINE
PARATHYROID GLANDS DOES WHAT 3
1. INCREASES CALCIUM IN BLOOD
2. REMOVES CALCIUM FROM BONE
3. STIMULATES CALCIUM ABSORPTION IN KIDNEYS AND INTESTINE
THE ADRENAL GLANDS HAS WHAT TWO PARTS
MEDULLA AND CORTEX
WHAT DOES THE (ADRENAL) MEDULLA SECRETE 2
1. ADRENALINE
2. NORADRENALINE
WHAT DOES THE (ADRENAL) CORTEX SECRETE 3
1. GLUCOCORTICOIDS
2. MINERALOCORTICOIDS
3. ANDROGENS
WHAT DOES GLUCOCORTICOIDS (NATURAL CORTICOSTEROID IN ADRENAL GLANDS) TAKE CARE OF 2
1. METABOLIC
2. ANIT-INFLAMMATORY
WHAT DOES MINERALOCORTICOIDS (NATURAL CORTICOSTEROID IN ADRENAL GLANDS) TAKE CARE OF (2)
ELECTROLYTE AND FLUID BALANCE
WHAT DOES ANDROGENS (NATURAL CORTICOSTEROID IN ADRENAL GLANDS) TAKE CARE OF (2)
1. DEVELOPMENT OF SEX ORGANS
2. REGULATION OF REPRODUCTION
WHAT ARE CORTICOSTEROIDS USED FOR (4)
1. REPLACEMENT THERAPY
2. ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
3. SUPRESSION OF IMMUNITY
4. ANTI-TUMOUR ACTION
MAJOR SIDE EFFECTS OF CORTICOSTEROIDS (5)
1. ATROPHY OF ADRENAL CORTEX LEADING TO ADDISON’S CRISIS WHICH IS HAEMORRHAGE AND LIFE THREATENING
2. INCREASES BLOOD GLUCOSE
3. ELECTROLYTE AND FLUID BALANCE
4. PROTEIN AND CALCIUM CHANGES
5. SUPPRESSION OF INFLAMMATION AND IMMUNITY
OTHER SIDE EFFECTS OF CORTICOSTEROIDS
1. GASTRIC ULCERATIONS
2. CATARACTS
3. PSYCHOLOGICAL
4. REDISTRIBUTION OF FAT
5. SKIN CHANGES IE ACNE
WHERE ARE CORTICOSTEROIDS METABOLIZED (2)
LIVER AND BODY TISSUES
WHERE IS CORTICOSTEROIDS EXCRETED
KIDNEYS
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PREDNISONE AND PREDNISOLONE
PREDNISONE IS INACTIVE AND PREDNISOLONE IS ACTIVE
CHARACTERISTICS OF ADDISONS CRISIS (10)
1. SUDDEN PENETRATING PAIN IN LEGS LOWER BACK OR ABDOMEN
2. SEVERE VOMITTING AND DIARRHOEA
3. LOW BLOOD PRESSURE
4. SYNCOPE – LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
5. HYPOGLYCAEMIA
6. HYPONATREMIA
7. HPERKALEMIA
8. HYPERCLACEMIA
9. CONVULSIONS
10. FEVER
WHAT IS THE ROUTE FOR STEROID MEDICATION (3)
IMI – IVI – INTRA-ARTICULAR
SUFFIX FOR CORTICOSTEROIDS
LONE OR SONE
SIDE EFFECTS OF INHALED STEROIDS 5
1. COUGHING
2. THRUSH
3. BURNING INSIDE THE NOSE
4. HEADACHE
5. NOSEBLEED
A MILD TOPICAL STEROID IS
HYDROCORTISONE
A POTENT TOPICAL STEROID IS
BETAMETHASONE
WHICH PART OF THE BODY SHOULD NOTHING STRONGER THAN A MILD STEROID BE USED
THE FACE
NAME ONE PARENTAL STEROID
METHYLPREDNISOLONE
NURSING EDUCATING TIPS FOR STEROIDS
1. DO NOT STOP SUDDENLY
2. MEDIC ALERT BRACELET IF ORAL STEROID
3. TAKE WITH FOOD
4. DIET SHOULD HAVE LIMITED SALT AND SUGARS
5. DIET SHOULD HAVE PLENTY POTASSIUM AND CALCIUM
6. AVOID ALCOHOL, NSAIDS AND ASPIRIN
LONG TERM EDUCATION TIPS FOR STEROIDS
1. EYE CHECKS
2. KEEP SKIN MOIST
3. EXERCISE
4. FLU IMMUNIZATION
5. BP
6. BGL
WHY DO STEROID DOSE NEED TO BE DECREASED GRADUALLY
TO ENABLE ADRENAL CORTEX TO PRODUCE CORTISOL