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NBCE EXAM PART 3 EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE 300
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS AND
RATIONALES (100% CORRECT) /A+ GRADE ASSURED
Paget's disease .....ANSWER.....interferes with your body's normal
recycling process, in which new bone tissue gradually replaces
old bone tissue. Over time, the disease can cause affected bones
to become fragile and misshapen
commonly occurs in the pelvis, skull, spine and legs.
Symptoms: Hearing loss; Bone fracture, with accentuated
trabeculations and thickened cortex.
Impetigo .....ANSWER.....bacterial skin infection usually on the
nasolabial areas of the face characterized by honey colored
isolated pustules that become crusted and rupture
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ectopic pregnancy .....ANSWER.....implantation of the fertilized
egg in any site other than the normal uterine location. M/C in the
uterine tubes.
symptoms: pelvic pain, Amenorrhea, and vaginal bleeding.
Mumps .....ANSWER.....AKA: parotitis
viral infection that effects the salivary and parotid glands.
Symptoms include swollen, painful salivary glands, fever,
headache, fatigue, and appetite loss. commonly causes ORCHITIS
Primary syphilis .....ANSWER.....Painless sores appear at the site
of infection (mouth, anus, rectum, vagina, or penis).
sores heal on their own after 3 to 6 weeks
Secondary syphilis .....ANSWER.....rash on palms/soles,
condyloma lata, generalized lymphadenopathy, low grade
fever, moth eaten alopecia. common cause of flat top genital
warts.
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myofascial pain syndrome .....ANSWER.....disorder in which
pressure is put on sensitive points in the muscles causes pain in
seemingly unrelated body parts. The syndrome often happens
after repeated injury or muscle overuse.
Symptoms include persistent pain or a tender muscle knot. Can
also be caused by exposure to cold temps.
Tertiary Siphilis .....ANSWER.....begins when symptoms from the
secondary stage disappear. Infection isn't contagious at this
point, but the infection has started to affect organs.
Symptoms: problems with muscle control, numbness, vision
problems, and dementia.
--A GUMMA is caused by the bacteria that cause syphilis.mass of
dead and swollen fiber-like tissue. It is most often seen in the
liver
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) .....ANSWER.....complication where
the body produces excess blood acids (ketones), condition occurs
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when there isn't enough insulin in the body. It can be triggered by
infection or other illness.
Symptom: thirst, frequent urination, nausea, abdominal pain,
weakness, fruity-scented breath, and confusion.
hemolysis .....ANSWER.....the rupture or destruction of red blood
cells.
associated symptoms: blue tinge to sclera, SOB, Weakness,
dizzy, pale skin tone.
Erythropoietin .....ANSWER.....A hormone produced and released
by the kidney that stimulates the production of red blood cells by
the bone marrow.
Renin .....ANSWER.....hormone secreted by the kidney; it raises
blood pressure by influencing vasoconstriction (narrowing of
blood vessels)
NBCE EXAM PART 3 EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE 300
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS AND
RATIONALES (100% CORRECT) /A+ GRADE ASSURED
Paget's disease .....ANSWER.....interferes with your body's normal
recycling process, in which new bone tissue gradually replaces
old bone tissue. Over time, the disease can cause affected bones
to become fragile and misshapen
commonly occurs in the pelvis, skull, spine and legs.
Symptoms: Hearing loss; Bone fracture, with accentuated
trabeculations and thickened cortex.
Impetigo .....ANSWER.....bacterial skin infection usually on the
nasolabial areas of the face characterized by honey colored
isolated pustules that become crusted and rupture
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ectopic pregnancy .....ANSWER.....implantation of the fertilized
egg in any site other than the normal uterine location. M/C in the
uterine tubes.
symptoms: pelvic pain, Amenorrhea, and vaginal bleeding.
Mumps .....ANSWER.....AKA: parotitis
viral infection that effects the salivary and parotid glands.
Symptoms include swollen, painful salivary glands, fever,
headache, fatigue, and appetite loss. commonly causes ORCHITIS
Primary syphilis .....ANSWER.....Painless sores appear at the site
of infection (mouth, anus, rectum, vagina, or penis).
sores heal on their own after 3 to 6 weeks
Secondary syphilis .....ANSWER.....rash on palms/soles,
condyloma lata, generalized lymphadenopathy, low grade
fever, moth eaten alopecia. common cause of flat top genital
warts.
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myofascial pain syndrome .....ANSWER.....disorder in which
pressure is put on sensitive points in the muscles causes pain in
seemingly unrelated body parts. The syndrome often happens
after repeated injury or muscle overuse.
Symptoms include persistent pain or a tender muscle knot. Can
also be caused by exposure to cold temps.
Tertiary Siphilis .....ANSWER.....begins when symptoms from the
secondary stage disappear. Infection isn't contagious at this
point, but the infection has started to affect organs.
Symptoms: problems with muscle control, numbness, vision
problems, and dementia.
--A GUMMA is caused by the bacteria that cause syphilis.mass of
dead and swollen fiber-like tissue. It is most often seen in the
liver
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) .....ANSWER.....complication where
the body produces excess blood acids (ketones), condition occurs
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when there isn't enough insulin in the body. It can be triggered by
infection or other illness.
Symptom: thirst, frequent urination, nausea, abdominal pain,
weakness, fruity-scented breath, and confusion.
hemolysis .....ANSWER.....the rupture or destruction of red blood
cells.
associated symptoms: blue tinge to sclera, SOB, Weakness,
dizzy, pale skin tone.
Erythropoietin .....ANSWER.....A hormone produced and released
by the kidney that stimulates the production of red blood cells by
the bone marrow.
Renin .....ANSWER.....hormone secreted by the kidney; it raises
blood pressure by influencing vasoconstriction (narrowing of
blood vessels)
