Endocrine System Medications
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| The endocrine system sends messages throughout the body by _____? | Secreting Hormones
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| What is known as the MASTER GLAND? | Pituitary Gland
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| What is the Pituitary Gland known as the MASTER GLAND | Because it secretes most of the bodys hormones
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| They Hypothalmus is the bodys ______? | SWITCHBOARD
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| What does the Hypothalmus tell the Pituitary Gland to do? | What hormones to send out to the body
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| When a hormone level becomes TO HIGH, the body tells the hypothalmus, wich in turns tells the Pituitary Gland TO STOP, What is this called? | Negative Feed Back
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| What is the Pineal Gland | A small gland found in the brain
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| What does the Pineal Gland secrete? | Melatonin
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| What does MELATONIN aid in? | SLEEPing
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| What does the THYROID GLAND DO? | Cues INDIVIDUAL GLANDS TO WORK
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| What is know as THE ON SWITCH of the body? | The Thyroid
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| What hormones does the THYROID PRODUCE? | T3 and T4
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| A decrease prodcution in T3 and T4 is known as what? | HYPOTHYROIDISIM
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| Hypothyroidism can lead to skin and tissue disorders called what? | Myxedema
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| In hypothyroidism utero can lead to what? | Cretinism
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| What is CRETINISM? | A CONGENTIAL condition caused by a lack of thryroid hormones
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| What is HYPERTHYROIDISM? | Hyperactive thyroid...DUUU
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| What disease can HYPERTHYROIDISM lead to? | GRAVES DISEASE
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| What is an ENLARGED THRYOID called? | Goiter
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| What ORGAN does PROLACTIN EFFECT | It stimulates milk production in the mammary glands
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| To much prolactin can cause what | Over production of milk
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| Milk production in a non-nursing patient can be a sign of what? | Pituitary Tumor
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| To little of PROLATIC can cause what? | Underproduction of milk which can caused difficulty in nursing
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| PROLACTIN IS IN THE FRONT OR ANTERIOR of the PITUITARY GLAND | FRONT LOBE
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| What is FSH | FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE
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| FSH is in the FRONT OR ANTERIOR of the Pituitary Gland | FRONT LOBE
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| What ORGAN does FSH Target and what are the effects? | Stimulates SPERM IN MEN - EGG PRODUCTION IN WOMEN
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| To much FSH can cuase what? | Increased Fertility
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| To little FSH can cause what? | Men - Sterility and Women - Irregular or ABSENT Menese
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| What is ADH? | ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE
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| ADH is in the FRONT or BACK of the Pituitary? | BACK - POSTERIOR
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| What organ does the ADH target and what are the effects? | KIDNEYS - Conserves fluids by changing the permeability of the kidneys
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| To much ADH CAN CAUSE WHAT? | SIADH - Syndrome of Inappropriate Antiduretic Hormone - To much fluid is retained - Tx Diuretics
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| To little ADH can cause what? | Diabetes Insipidus
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| When the kidneys excrete TO MUCH FLUID what can this cause? | Dehyrdation
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| Oxytocin targets what organ and has what effect | Contracts the uterus and the milk ducts in women and in men CONTRACTS the Prostate Gland
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| To much Oxytocin can cause what? | The UTERUS or PROSTATE to rupture ( Rarely happens)
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| To LITTLE OXYTOCIN can casue what? | Labor may be slower - Milk expulsion Constricted -
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| What is the treatment for to little Oxytocin? | Pictocin (IM or IV)
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| Diabetes is a disease characterized by _____? | Hyperglycemia
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| With Diabets Type 1, destruction of the beta cells of the pancrease causes ______ ? | a decrease or lack of insulin secretion
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| With TYPE 2 diabetes, the patien is INSULIN ____ . | RESISTANT - Meaning their bodies do not respond well to insulin
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| Patients with TYPE 1 require what type of treatment? | INSULIN
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| Patients with TYPE 2 require what type of treatment? | Managed by diet or ORAL DIABETIC TABLETS
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| What are some signs of HYPERGLYCEMIA? | Increased Urination (from flushing) - Increased Thirst (cells are dehydrated) - Increased Hunger (body just flushed out its energy source).
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| What are some signs of HYPOGLYCEMIA? | Restlessness, shaky hands, lethargy, seizures and coma
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| When INSULIN IS TO HIGH and LOW BLOOD SUGAR OCCURS, what sould you do? | Give immediatly JUICE, HONEY AND HARD CANDY
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| What MIGHT ad DR Order to correct low blood glucose levels? | DEXTROSE IV or GLUCAGON IM or IV
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| Semilente has a _____ action? | SHORT
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| Semilente has an onset action of _____ hours and last ______ ? | 1-1.5 hours and 12-16 Hours
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| BOTH NPH and LENTE has a ______ action? | INTERMEDIATE
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| NPH has an onset action of ____ hours and last ____> | 1-1.5 hours and last 24 hours
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| Lente has an onset action of ____ hours and last ____ hours | 1-2.5 and last 24 hours
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| What does INTERMEDIATE ACTING INSULIN MEAN? | Insulin is mixed with soemthing that makes the body abosrb the insulin more slowly
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| What is ACTH? | Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
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| What gland secrets ACTH? | Adrenal Glands
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| When does ADDISON DISEASE OCCUR? | When the adrenal cortex does not secret enough glucocorticoid
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