Kidney Disorders
Can be detected through urinalysis
Bright's Disease
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inflammed nephrons
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toxins enter and alter nephron's permeability
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proteins and lg. molecules can enter
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​creates an osomotic pressure drawing water into nephron which makes one pee more!
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Appear cloudy and postive for protein
Kidney stones
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salts and minerals buildup to form crystals
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​happens in very basic or acidic environment
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Blood, back pain, and stinky pee
Diabetes Mellitus
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water stays in nephron b/c a high sugar [ ] is in the blood which gives an osmotic pressure that opposes solute osmotic pressure
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​SO BASICALLY: the solutes can't get out, so water doesn't want to get out either
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Diabetes Insipidus
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defect in ADH production
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pee will be very pale b/c high [water]
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​Recall that ADH is the hormone which controls kidney's water reaborbtion: well now there's none of that so that means lots of water in nephron, therefore always have to go pee
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Hormone Disorders
Anterior Pituitary
Pituitary dwarfs : when not enough GROWTH HORMONE released when kid
Pituitary giants: too much GROWTH HORMONE made (tumor)
Thyroid
myxedema: face swelling
goiter: low idodine, which is low thyroxine making which means too much TSH made to make a enlarged thyroid
hyperthyroidism: high T4 production therefore high metabolism
hyopthyroidism: low T4 level therefore slow metabolism