Midterm Flashcards
T/F: Fevers are the result of damage to the body caused by germs.
False
What part of the brain regulates body temp?
Hypothalamus
Blood iron levels are (higher/lower) with a fever.
lower
What should the patient be checked for when they have a fever?
Dehydration usually due to vomiting and diarrhea
T/F: Infants get dehydrated more rapidly than adults or children.
True
Aspirin use in children can cause ___ ____, a very serious and sometimes fatal condition.
Reyes Syndrome
T/F: If brain injury results from a febrile illness it is because of the very high fever.
False it’s b/c the illness was in the brain or meninges
T/F: Febrile seizures do not always occur at the highest point of the fever.
True
If the fever is below ___degrees Fahrenheit, it should be allowed to run its course since they rarely last more than 3-5 days.
106
T/F: Alcohol rubs and ice water baths should never be used to lower a fever.
True (lukewarm water baths are acceptable though.)
Should one warmly bundle a child who is febrile?
No!
Febrile seizures occur in about _% of the population.
6%
T/F: Febrile seizures do not increase risk of subsequent epilepsy.
True
Can chiropractic adjustments can be used to reduce a fever?
Maybe, we normalize the nervous systems control of the process which may make the fever go up, down, or even have no change.
What is the neurodystrophic model?
subluxation as a cause of lowered resistance thus making it more susceptible to infection.
What was attributed to having a big part in the problem of resistant microbes?
Use of antibiotics in agriculture
Women who took the most antibiotics over a 17-year period had double the risk of what cancer?
Breast
What is the chiropractic view of the germ theory?
Germs alone do not cause infectious disease, they are the ‘necessary condition for’ a given infection rather than the cause of the infection.
List some other health issues overuse/inappropriate use of antibiotics have been linked to:
Otitis media
diarrhea
yeast infections
childhood asthma
T/F: There is no such thing as a vaccine that doesn’t have some undesirable side effects.
True
T/F: The majority of reported measles cases in recent years were only in children that were unvaccinated.
False, …were occurring in fully-vaccinated children
(Bacterial/viral) vaccines are suspected to be involved in genetic damage and autoimmune disorders.
Viral
What is the chiropractic definition of hygiene?
The restoration of natural and healthful environmental conditions which have been made abnormal by civilized life.
T/F: If the immune system isn’t stimulated early in life by germs, it overreacts later to allergy-inducing substances.
True
