Body fluids blindness

Some general clinical conditions have an effect per se on the composition of body fluids. These conditions may exist in addition to the primary complaint that prompted a patient s admission to the hospital For example, obesity, blindness, fever, shock and trauma, and transfusions and infusions all affect laboratory results. 

P7-2Sf (Open-ended problem) You may have to look up/guess/vary some of the coo-s(ants. if methanol is ingested, it can be metabolized to formaldehyde, which can cause blindness if the formaldehyde reaches a conceniralion of 0,16 tt/dm of fluid in the body. A concentration of 0.75 g/dm will be lethal. After ail the methanol ha,s been removed from the stomach, the primary [neaimeni is to inject ethanol inirasenously to tie up (competitive inhibition) the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH so that methanol is not converted lo formaldehyde and is eliminated from the body through the kidney and bladder (iy). We will assume as a lirsi approximation that the body is a well-mixed C.5TR of 40 dm [total body fluid i. In Section 7.5, we applied a more rigorous model-... 

Methanol, a common laboratory solvent, poses a threat of blindness or death if consumed in sufficient amounts. Once in the body, the substance is oxidized to produce formaldehyde (embalming fluid) and eventually formic acid. Both of these substances are also toxic in varying levels. The equilibrium between methanol and formaldehyde can be described as follows ... 

History, Use and/or Medical Implications A non-fermenting yeast with alliances to the Ascomycetes, Cryptococcus neoformans (Sanf.) Vuill. causes a deadly disease in animals and humans called cryptococcosis, otherwise known as Torula meningitis" or "yeast meningitis". This yeast attacks and reproduces in the central nervous system, particularly in the brain and spinal fluid. Symptoms begin with a stiff neck and headache and end in total or partial blindness, paralysis, coma and respiratory failure. Less severe symptoms occur in other parts of the body, for which there is a... 

Edme Mariotte (1620-1684), a French physicist and priest, discovered Boyle s law independently of Boyle in 1676, so the law is also known as Boyle-Mariotte s law. In 1660, Mariotte also discovered the eye s blind spot. He worked on many subjects, such as the motion of fluids, the nature of color, the notes of the trumpet, the barometer, the fall of bodies, and the freezing of water. 

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