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this test at high levels indicates:
hepatitis
Chirrhosis
Liver Disease
Infectious Mononucleosis |
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This test at high levels can indicate:
Heart Attack
Infectious Mononucleousis
Strenuous Exercise
Liver Disease
Trauma |
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This test with high levels in absence of elevated GGT can indicate:
Bone Disease
Placenta
Intestine |
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High levels of these two things can indicate:
Liver Disease
Alcohol Ingestion, or Alcoholic Liver Disease
Obstruction of bile ducts (similiar to gall stones) |
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| Alkaline PHosphatase and GGT |
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| in this disease, clotting factors are not produced normally. |
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liver disease
causes PT to be longer |
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| in this disease, this production is decreased, making low blood levels of albumin. |
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Causes: inflammation of other abnormalities of the liver cells hinder the excretion of bile, hemolysis of RBCs. Ex: viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver cancer.
yellow discoloration of the skin and sclera, caused by abnormally high levelsof bilirubin in the blood stream. |
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| Bilirubin test high levels indicate: |
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Increased destruction of red blood cells, as in helolytic anemia.
Liver Disease, decreased abilityof the liver to process blood bilirubin.
Gall Bladder disease (cancer is one possibitilty). |
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incubation is 15-50 days.
average 28 days
Abrupt onset |
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Incubation is 50-180 days
insidious onset |
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Incubation is 20-90 days
Insidious onset
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Incubation is 15-60 days
average 40 days
abrupt onset |
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| which two hep viruses have an abrupt onset? |
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| Which two have an insidious onset? |
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| Which two Heps have a vaccine? |
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Hep A and Hep B
(hep B possibly diminish after 4 years) |
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| Abdominal discomfort, loss of appetitie, fatigue, fever, muscle aches, n/v, dark urine, and jaundice. |
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Early signs and symptoms: fever, general malaise or insidious onset of anorexia and abdomina pain.
Other s/sx: chills, nausea, joint pain, RASH, and diarrhea. These last 2-6 weeks, followed by severe fatigue, depression. May be mild or asymptomatic. |
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| Most cases occur 5-10 weeks after exposure. Period of communicatility 1 week after exposure through chronic stage. N/V, anorexia, and jaundice. |
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| May Cause more severe symptoms than HBV alone. |
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Hep D
aka Delta Hepatitis |
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| Sudden onset, fever, nausea, malaise, and anorexia. Varies in severity from a mild lasting 7-14 days to a badly disabling disease lasting several months. |
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| Fecal oral, waterborne, contaminated food found in underdeveloped countries. |
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| Requires recurrent HBV, blood borne from IV drug users and hemophiliacs. |
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| Blood (needle stick, transfusion, IV drug use, sexual transmission) or body fluids (saliva, feces, urine, semen, tears, sweat). Contaminated food/water in conditions of poor sanitation and overcrowding. |
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| Blood borne (blood transfusion, IV drug use). possibly sexual contact. Mostly found in adults. |
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| Fecal oral contaminated food/water or blood borne. Commonly found in poor sanitation/overcrowding. Most common in children and young adults with peak cases in autum. |
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