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    1. The document discusses a case of three individuals, Jennifer, Cassandra, and James, who experienced headaches, vomiting, and dizziness due to hypotonicity of their blood cells. Their blood cells likely exploded due to being in a hypotonic environment. 2. To diagnose and treat the individuals, a blood test would be performed to examine the blood cells under a microscope and determine if they are in a hypertonic, hypotonic, or isotonic state. Saline or another isotonic solution would then be administered to counter the hypotonic state of the individuals' blood cells and prevent further lysis. 3. Too much pure water could further lyse the blood cells by causing additional water to

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    1. The document discusses a case of three individuals, Jennifer, Cassandra, and James, who experienced headaches, vomiting, and dizziness due to hypotonicity of their blood cells. Their blood cells likely exploded due to being in a hypotonic environment. 2. To diagnose and treat the individuals, a blood test would be performed to examine the blood cells under a microscope and determine if they are in a hypertonic, hypotonic, or isotonic state. Saline or another isotonic solution would then be administered to counter the hypotonic state of the individuals' blood cells and prevent further lysis. 3. Too much pure water could further lyse the blood cells by causing additional water to

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    1. The document discusses a case of three individuals, Jennifer, Cassandra, and James, who experienced headaches, vomiting, and dizziness due to hypotonicity of their blood cells. Their blood cells likely exploded due to being in a hypotonic environment. 2. To diagnose and treat the individuals, a blood test would be performed to examine the blood cells under a microscope and determine if they are in a hypertonic, hypotonic, or isotonic state. Saline or another isotonic solution would then be administered to counter the hypotonic state of the individuals' blood cells and prevent further lysis. 3. Too much pure water could further lyse the blood cells by causing additional water to

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    Andrew Lira

    Lab: Wednesday 6pm


    Part 1
    1.Hypotonic environment. The cells would lyse (burst) because there is less
    nonpermeating solutes in the extracellular fluid compared to the intracellular
    fluid (water would flow into cells causing them to lyse).
    2. Headache, vomiting, dizziness. The brain was probably the organ that was
    affected the most.
    3. more than likely what happened was that the blood cells exploded because
    of the hypotonic environment they were in. Thus blood was not able to
    complete what it is designed to do.
    4. Blood test would be the best way to go. Getting a blood sample and
    looking at it through a microscope would let me know if its Hypertonic,
    Hypotonic or Isotonic. Once seeing what state they are in, a diagnosis would
    take place.
    5. Administer saline to them to or solution that has more nonpermeating
    solutes than the intracellular fluid of the blood cells. This would cause water
    to leave the cells in order to counter the hypotonic state Jennifer, Cassandra,
    and James cells were in. (water would flow out of cells which is what we
    want).
    6. Administering too much pure water could lyse the blood cells all the water
    would rush into the cells thus causing them to burst. A 0.9% NaCl (normal
    saline) is what we call isotonic for our blood cells (normal levels). Very
    important to maintain this balance!
    Part 2 Facts about Hyponatremia
    1. Their bodies release the hormone ADH thus causing their bodies to retain
    water. With more water being retained the extracellular fluid is more likely to
    be hypotonic compared to the intracellular fluid. Continuous storage of water
    (decreased water expelled in urine) leads to hypotonic environments.
    2. Desert dwellers are in danger of getting Hyponatremia because of the
    environment where they live. The desert is a hot place and sweat contains
    salts, so the body would need less amounts of water than usual to get
    hyponatremia. The best way to avoid it would be to not abuse water. And
    intake more salts and such.
    3. it would be more likely for a baby to get hyponatremia because they have
    a much lower concentration of sodium in their bodies when compared to an
    adult.
    4a. the brain cells would be the same concentration as the cerebral fluid
    (300mM) making them isotonic.
    b. the concentration of nonpermeable solutes would be lower than the
    intracellular fluids thus there would be a higher water concentration. Then
    creating a hypotonic soulution
    c.1280?

    Andrew Lira
    Lab: Wednesday 6pm

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