Path/Pharm Endocrine

Woo Hoo! I am sooooooo glad we are studying the endocrine system this week! There is no end to my undiluted joy with just thinking about the system that gives us those oh so interesting hormones. I feel so sorry for those of you poor things that missed class this week. You'll never get that time back, I pity you.



Your assignment for this week:

You are to create a SOAP note for a diabetic patient. Make sure you address the effects of the diabetes mellitus and the medications/side effects and how you need to modify your basic massage to accomadate this patients' needs. As for medications, it's your choice as to what your patient is taking; oral antidiabetic meds or insulin (MDI, pump, inhaler).

Just for review:

S = subjective information, this is what the patient tells you

O = objective information, this is what you observe

A = this is what you have done based on the subjective and objective info; the massage provided and the results

P= this is the plan, how often are you to see this patient? what techniques will you use next time? etc.

Don't get to bogged down on this. Give me a call or mail if you start to pull out your hair.



The glands/hormones involved in this week's lesson:

posterior pituitary/ADH

anterior pituitary/ACTH

anterior pituitary/HGH

anterior pituitary/TSH

Pineal/Melatonin

Thyroid/T3 and T4

Pancreas (Islets of Langerhans)/Glucagon

Pancreas (Islets of Langerhans)/Insulin



Medication use in Diabetes Mellitus:

Insulin and/or oral medications

Glucophage
Glucotrol
Amiryl
DiaBeta
Byetta (all are po meds but this one)

Insulin
Multiple daily doses
pump
inhaler

And our pathologies for this week:
Acromegaly
Cushing's Disease
Diabetes Insipidus
Diabetes Mellitus
Goiter
Graves' Disease
Hyperthyroidism
Hypoglycemia
Seasonal Affective Disorder

That's it. I am truly sorry and I crawl on my knees begging your forgiveness that this is all we need to know this week. With the Endocrine system being soooooooooooo interesting I know we will all be suffering a giant hole in our intellect because of this.

Next week, it's gonna be boring. Just the cardiovascular/immune system. Nothing of any consequence going on there, really.

cya,
val.