HE100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Glycosuria, Dietary Fiber, Erectile Dysfunction
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Onset: acute vs. chronic: sudden onset of severe symptoms vs. symptoms develop an worsen over ime. Course of disease: exacerbaion: sudden worsening of s and s, remission: disappearance or improvement in s and s. Outcomes: therapeuic s and s resolve, refractor s and s do not respond to treatment, recuperaion, residual disease/disability, death. Prognosis predicted outcome: progression of disease, prospect for recovery. Severity, duraion: treatment opions, what we know about the course of disease. 2009: efects 2. 4 million canadians - ~ 7000 deaths. Body maintains consistent level of blood glucose: gi tract food, liver glycogen, gluconeogenesis. Blood glucose homeostasis regulated by: insulin responds to rise in blood sugar. Promotes uptake and/or storage of glucose by cells: glucagon responds to drop in blood sugar. Bring glucose out of storage: epinephrine helps to raise blood glucose. Normal fasing blood glucose: 4. 0 to 6. 0 mmol/l. Complex metabolic disorder: insuicient producion or uilizaion of insulin.
