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UTA NURS-5335 MODULE 3 EXAM 2025|
BRAND NEW ACTUAL EXAM WITH 100%
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
SOLUTIONS| GUARANTEED VALUE PACK| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
Addison's disease prognosis? - correct answer - excellent
Required lifelong replacement therapy w/ monitoring for adequacy
and avoidance of overdose
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Lethal without treatment
S&s of addison's disease - correct answer - adrenal insufficiency
occurs slowly
-chronic worsening fatigue, muscle weakness, loss appetite,
weight loss
-decreased appetite, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea occur in 50%
of patients
-b/p is low and fall when standing, causing dizziness or fainting
-hyperpigmentation or dark tanning-visible on scars, skin folds,
pressure points-elbow, knees knuckles, toes, lips, mucous
membranes
-can cause irritability & depression
-salt loss ocrrus and patients seek salty foods
-hypoglycemia is more sever in children athan in adults
-menstrual periods may become irregular or stop or sexual
dysfunction in women
-pubic & axillary hair loss in women
Acute adrenal crisis (more likely in elderly)
Psychosis
Hyperkalemia
Hyperpyrexia
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Osteoporosis
Complication of steroid therapy
These are all _______________ of _______________ - correct
answer - complications of addison's disease
______________________ -myriad of symptoms and physical
features produced by persistent inappropriate hypercortisolemia -
correct answer - cushing's syndrome
_______________ refers specifically to pituitary
adrenocortocotropic hormone (acth) excess caused by a pituitary
tumor (adenoma), which, in turn, causes over secretion of cortisol
by the adrenal gland and is forms of cushing's syndrome - correct
answer - cushing's disease
_________________ _________________________ occurs
when the body is exposed to elevated levels of cortisol for an
extended period of time. The most common cause is result of
long-term use of high-dose corticosteroids, though the body can
also produce an excessive amount of cortisol from the adrenal
gland. - correct answer - cushing's syndrome
UTA NURS-5335 MODULE 3 EXAM 2025|
BRAND NEW ACTUAL EXAM WITH 100%
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
SOLUTIONS| GUARANTEED VALUE PACK| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
Addison's disease prognosis? - correct answer - excellent
Required lifelong replacement therapy w/ monitoring for adequacy
and avoidance of overdose
, Page | 2
Lethal without treatment
S&s of addison's disease - correct answer - adrenal insufficiency
occurs slowly
-chronic worsening fatigue, muscle weakness, loss appetite,
weight loss
-decreased appetite, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea occur in 50%
of patients
-b/p is low and fall when standing, causing dizziness or fainting
-hyperpigmentation or dark tanning-visible on scars, skin folds,
pressure points-elbow, knees knuckles, toes, lips, mucous
membranes
-can cause irritability & depression
-salt loss ocrrus and patients seek salty foods
-hypoglycemia is more sever in children athan in adults
-menstrual periods may become irregular or stop or sexual
dysfunction in women
-pubic & axillary hair loss in women
Acute adrenal crisis (more likely in elderly)
Psychosis
Hyperkalemia
Hyperpyrexia
, Page | 3
Osteoporosis
Complication of steroid therapy
These are all _______________ of _______________ - correct
answer - complications of addison's disease
______________________ -myriad of symptoms and physical
features produced by persistent inappropriate hypercortisolemia -
correct answer - cushing's syndrome
_______________ refers specifically to pituitary
adrenocortocotropic hormone (acth) excess caused by a pituitary
tumor (adenoma), which, in turn, causes over secretion of cortisol
by the adrenal gland and is forms of cushing's syndrome - correct
answer - cushing's disease
_________________ _________________________ occurs
when the body is exposed to elevated levels of cortisol for an
extended period of time. The most common cause is result of
long-term use of high-dose corticosteroids, though the body can
also produce an excessive amount of cortisol from the adrenal
gland. - correct answer - cushing's syndrome
