NURS 3100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Osteoporosis, Fetal Hemoglobin, Sickle-Cell Disease
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Extends amount of time that the food bolus sits in the intestine. Facilitating absorption of giving it more of an opportunity to absorb the calcium. Encourage that they"re eating vitamin c to ensure bioavailability. Baby beef mfp factor (small quantity of meat, fish, or poultry combined with iron source) Think about factors that are going to impact excretion and absorption. Specific organ system involved as we went through. Different supplemental forms - how supplements should be consumed. Whats happening at cellular level makes sense conceptually. Ex: sickle cell way beyond generalized symptoms baseline symptoms trigger symptoms issues that arise related to sickle cell crisis (acute chest syndrome, spleen) Treatment: hydroxyurea (triggers fetal hemoglobin not hemoglobin. Make sure you have enough calcium and vitamin d so you"re not breaking bone down. Supplement with calcium help with what they are now. Systems of hypothyroidism = every body system is slowed down.
