What part of the body do we typically see symptoms from autonomic neuropathy in type 1 diabetes? - ...ANSWER...GI: decreased esophageal motility, gastroporesis and delayed gastric emptying Symptoms of hypoglycemia (6) - ...ANSWER...tachycardia, palpitations, diaphoresis, tremors, pallor and arousal anxiety What do we teach diabetics about how to avoid hypoglycemia? - ...ANSWER...don't skip meals, take meds appropriately and pay attention to carbs Cause of primary hyperparathyroidism - ...ANSWER...parathyroid tumor cause of secondary hyperparathyroidism - ...ANSWER...increased PTH secretion in response to hypocalcemia What typically accompanies hypercalcemia - ...ANSWER...hypophosphatemia Main symptom of hypercalcemia - ...ANSWER...osteoporosis in distal 1/3rd of the radius Risk factors of hypoparathyroidism (4) - ...ANSWER...Alcoholics, malabsorption, increased renal clearance of mag, chemo drugs Symptoms of hypocalcemia (8) - ...ANSWER...dry skin, loss of body and scalp hair, hypoplasia of teeth, ridges on nails, cataracts, basal ganglia calcifications, bone deformities and bowing of long bones Another term for hypercortisolism - ...ANSWER...cushings syndrome Main characteristics of cushings syndrome - ...ANSWER...buffalo hump, moon face and truncal obesity What is the biggest signal of adrenal crisis? - ...ANSWER...Hypotension What can cause adrenal crisis? - ...ANSWER...Improper weaning off glucocorticoid meds key symptoms associated with parkinson's disease (5) - ...ANSWER...shuffling gait, dysphagia, resting tremor, postural disturbance and dysarthia Risk factors for MS (3) - ...ANSWER...smoking, vit D deficiency and epstein-barr virus what kind of disease is MS - ...ANSWER...demyelinating