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Your response to the questions should be composed in complete sentences and paragraphs and be approximately 250-300 words in length total.

 

Directions – Review the questions in the progress check for Activity 2 and ask and respond to your classmates as questions arise. (I have listed the questions and answers below)

These are the questions:

1.

Describe the most severe effects of hypervitaminosis A on an infant. _________________

 

_____________________________________________

 

_____________________________________________

 

2.

The amount of drugs appearing in breastmilk depends upon three primary factors. Name them.

 

a. __________________________

b. __________________________

c. __________________________

3.

Describe the FAS infant.

 

_____________________________________________

 

_____________________________________________

 

4.

Describe the effects of alcohol on the pregnant woman. ____________________________

 

_____________________________________________

 

_____________________________________________

 

 

5.

The effects of OCAs depend upon four characteristics of the user. What are the four characteristics?

 

a. __________________________

b. __________________________

c. __________________________

d. __________________________

 

 

6.

List the three most important reasons that the elderly have adverse reactions to drugs.

 

a. __________________________

b. __________________________

c. __________________________

 

 

7.

Give three examples of the most common drug-nutrient interactions among the elderly.

 

a. __________________________

b. __________________________

c. __________________________

 

 

 

These are the answers :

 

1.

Renal anomalies

 

CNS malformation

 

Cleft palate

 

Severe defects

 

2.

a. Type of drug

b. Concentration of drug

c. Time lapse between drug ingestion and breast-feeding

 

3.

Anomalies of eyes, ears, heart, CNS, mental retardation

 

Male: enlargement of the mammary glands (gynecomastia)

 

Female: overgrowth of vaginal lining

 

4.

High rate of abortions

 

Abruptio placenta

 

Low birth weight babies

 

5.

a. Length of time used

b. Nutritional status

c. Nutritional intake

d. Susceptibility

 

6.

a. Decreased ability to digest, absorb, and metabolize food

b. Decreased ability to metabolize and excrete drugs

c. Interaction of multiple drug use

 

7.

Aspirin—bleeding (GI)

 

Laxatives—inhibit vitamin absorption

 

Diuretics—decreased K and Ca+

 

Alcohol—decreased folate, thiamin

 

Please encompass answers to these questions for a total of 300 words.