Question

14. Billy has a disorder where the myelin is being stripped from the axons of his neurons. He is losing motor control and having trouble with his sense of vision, hearing, and touch. What disorder may he have? (10Pts)

15. Samantha is always thirsty, urinates frequently, and often hungry. She is approximately 200lbs overweight and eats many high glucose foods. What could be effecting Samantha? What is the treatment? (10Pts)

16. Mrs. Springfield is 90 and has had multiple bone breaks from minor accidents. What could be the cause of her brittle bones? What is the treatment? How can this problem be avoided in the first place?

Answer 1

14. ANSWER: Billy may be suffering from Multiple sclerosis. It is a autoimmune disorder which attacks the myelinated axons. The autoantibodies strips off the myelin sheath from the myelinated axon.

15. ANSWER: Samantha may be suffering from doabetes mellitus. Treatment includes lifestyle modification like exercise, healthy diet excluding or controlling high glycemic food, oral hypoglycemic drugs can be taken.

16. ANSWER: She is suffering from osteoporosis. Treatment includes some bisphosphonates like acetonol, fosamex can be given. Also some lifestyle modification like weight bearing exercise to reduce bone loss.