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
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
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
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?