1st internal assessment -General medicine

Question 1

Bone density: Amount of bone mineral in bone tissue

Measured by dexa scan

Reference:https://www.bones.nih.gov/health-info/bone/bone-health/bone-mass-measure

Question-2

myxaedema coma is longstanding severe untreated hypothyroidism

Treatment:t4 500micrograms

Reference:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279007/

Question-3https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279007/

The most likely causes of secondary hypertension include primary aldosteronism, pheochromocytoma, Cushing syndrome, renovascular disease, hyperthyroidism, coarctation of the aorta, and drug-induced hypertension

Treatment:

Amlodipine,thiazides

Reference:https://cjasn.asnjournals.org/content/13/6/929

Question-4

Reference:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK493159/

Question-5

causes of atrial fibrillation:

High blood pressure, congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease

Reference:https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/atrial_fibrillation.html

Question-6

causes:chrons disease,celiac disease, pernicious anemia

Treatment: vitamin b12 IM injection 1000micrograms per week

Question-7