TEST QUESTION: COPD

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TODAY’S TEST QUESTION:

CORRECT ANSWER:

B) Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency

MORE INFO:

  • COPD is generally due to smoking.

  • However patients with this deficiency may have never smoked in their life.

  • This is an inherited disorder.

  • Individuals who have this deficiency don’t make enough protein called protease inhibitor.

  • This protein actually helps to protect the lungs and the liver (Medline Plus).

  • These individuals tend to develop emphysema before 40.

  • It can lead to other disorders as well, such as: cirrhosis and hepatitis.

What the Other Choices are Linked to:

  • Cortisol deficiency-Addison’s

  • Vitamin D deficiency-rickets

  • B-12 deficiency-Anemia, neurological changes.

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