Random Facts (General)

Question 1

Hypercalcaemia

Answer 1

“Bones, stones, moans and psychiatric groans”

Question 2

Primary Lymphoid tissue

Answer 2

Bone Marrow

Thymus

Question 3

Secondary Lymphoid tissue

Answer 3

Spleen

Tonsils

Question 4

Hypersensitivity Type I

Answer 4

Immediate hypersensitivity
IgE mediated
(e.g. asthma, hayfever, allergies)

Question 5

Hypersensitivity Type II

Answer 5

Direct cell killing
Cytotoxic/antibody mediated
(e.g. haemolytic, goodpastures syndrome)

Question 6

Hypersensitivity Type III

Answer 6

Immune complex mediated
IgM/IgG mediated
(e.g. SLE, rheumatoid arthritis, EAA)

Question 7

Hypersensitivity Type IV

Answer 7

Delayed type hypersensitivity

e.g. celiac disease, allergies: nickel, latex, poison ivy

Question 8

What is methanol metabolised to in the body?

Answer 8

Formaldehyde, and then onto Formic acid

This shit will blind you. Remember the St Andrew’s story!

Question 9

Recommended alcohol units per week

Answer 9

14 units with several rest days and no continuous 3 drinking days

Question 10

Why do women have a lower tolerance for alcohol?

Answer 10

They have a lower level of alcohol dehydrogenase

Question 11

Removal rate of alcohol from the blood

Answer 11

1 unit per hour (15mg/100ml/hour)

Question 12

How is alcohol tolerance developed?

Answer 12

By upregulating alcohol dehydrogenase

Question 13

Why do you get drunk

Answer 13

CNS depressant

increases levels of Gabba

Question 14

Stages of drunk

Answer 14

<100ml fun
100-200ml slurring of speech etc, being stupid
>200ml difficult to rouse, loud snoring #REKT = brain stem inhibited, potential aspiration.

Question 15

The cure to a hangover

Answer 15

Anything that inhibits prostaglandins, take at night