Flashcards in Environmental Diseases Deck (35)
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particulate diseases?
pneumoconioses
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the most common pneumoconioses?
coal workers', silicosis, asbestosis
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"black lung"
coal workers pneumoconiosis
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which disease: increasing pulmonary dysfunction, pulmonary hypertension, cor pulmonale
coal workers pneumoconiosis
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the most prevalent chronic occupational disease in world?
silicosis
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primary effector of silicosis?
TNF released by macrophages
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concentrically arranged collagen fibers around an amorphous center?
silicotic nodules
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which disease: pulmonary hypertension, cor pulmonale, increased risk of TB
silicosis
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true or false: crystalline silica is a carcinogen
True
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exposure to ... linked to localized plaques, diffuse fibrosis and mesothelioma
asbestos
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pleural plaques of dense collagen and calcium?
asbestosis
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acute alcoholic change?
mainly CNS, reversible fatty change (steatosis), gastritis/gastric ulceration
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cirrhosis of liver and alcoholic hepatitis?
chronic alcoholic changes
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mallory bodies?
alcoholic hepatitis
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alcoholism associated with increased risk of ...
hepatocellular carcinoma
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cherry red color of skin and mucous membranes?
acute CO poisoning
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chronic effects of CO?
hypoxia, ischemic changes to CNS
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which polluntant: hard tissue deposits, peripheral neuropathies and CNS abnormalities, anemia, stippling of red blood cells
lead
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oral manifestation of lead?
lead line- lead sulfide from oral microflora
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chronic exposure to ... yields hyperpigmentation and hyperkeratosis of the palms and soles
arsenic
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... associated with increased risk of leukemia?
benzene
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polycyclic hydrocarbons- ... and ... cancer
lung and bladder
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dioxins- ... disorders, liver and CNS abnormalities
skin
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vinyl chloride- ... of the liver
angiosarcoma
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scraping or rubbing; removal of the superficial layer
abrasion
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bruise
contusion
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a tear caused by a blunt object
laceration
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tear caused by a sharp object
incision
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which classes of burn: full thickness, white, charred, dry, anesthetic, total destruction of epidermis/dermis
3rd/4th degree
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which classes of burn: partial thickness, pink/mottled with blisters, painful
1st/2nd degree
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organ systems most sensitive to radiation?
gonads, lymphoid, hematopoietic, lining of GI
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beriberi
thiamin
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wernickes encephalopathy
beriberi
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which deficiency: glossitis, angular cheilitis, sore throat, anemia
riboflavin
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