NBME 23 Hypoglycemia (NBME Answers)

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nbme23/Block 3/Question#4 (72.3 difficulty score)
A 31-year-old primigravid woman at 32 weeks' ...
Hypoglycemia🔍
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submitted by stinkysulfaeggs(91),

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Did oynnae eels go odwn h:te 'shse ieynhtovsep os eymab le'hsl gte raoshteuwe hcfserredini dryonems absucee thningo slee si iknmga esnes to em ta stih i?n?op?t eorut -

Tsnru o,tu eervse rlaiaam nca uscae vldriauoaarccs selaploc and sinpenyhoto.

redvelvet me too :( +1

abigail me three :( +1

yex Me four :-/ +1

link981 Slowly raising my hand as well +1

tinydoc Sammmme +1

bullshitusmle same here!!!:@ +1

usmlecharserssss patient has malaria with obvious picture and clinic, i answered because only thing associated with liver was hypoglycemia +9

aisel1787 me five( +

myoclonictonicbionic I was thinking that she is hypotensive which can cause an infarct of the pituitary (since pituitary is growing during pregnancy) and therefore she'd have secondary adrenal insufficiency. +

alexxxx30 sammmeeeee +

snripper Dumbasses unite lmao +

usmleaspirant2020 lol saaaaame! +

anechakfspb me also :/ sitting there trying to figure it out during the test I thought I was so smart too - like "wow nbme, way to tie in micro and endocrine, not getting me though!" ... i was wrong. +1

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submitted by thomasalterman(147),

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lraaaMi anc pmarii captehi ogeeneniscuogsl and nca loas cueonms eclgosu ofr sti onw mctloaeib sanme.dd

yotsubato Truly a bull shit question... Its not in FA, Sketchy or Pathoma +54

meningitis I will try to remember this by associating it with P. vivax, that stay in the liver (liver=gluconeogenesis). Thank you @thomasalterman. +8

focus ADDITIONAL INFO: If we were asked to identify the stage of the lifecycle, it would be (intra-erythrocytic) schizont stage: https://labmedicineblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/mal3.jpg?w=840 Life-cycle: https://www.cddep.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/malaria-life-cycle_4-1440x1080.jpg +1

dul071 i solved this question by seeing that there are hemolytic inclusions resembling parasites and that they require glucose being a living organism, hence hypoglycemia. +

curlycheesefriesguy I knew that malaria causes hypoglycemia but i saw the word drowsy and like an idiot thought it was african sleeping sickness +

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submitted by kai(26),

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submitted by nwinkelmann(284),

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...So ev'I eneb nrgyti to ruefgi sith tuo nda I htkni I ogt t..i.

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submitted by kard(43),

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Pnegtarn nomwe rea oemr eecsslpbtui ot sveere siPlmaodmu pualmrafci ioypacylHmamgar iel.a pma&; eveesr anmeaia si rfnueleyqt uercndeteno as a naitimolcopc in amliarcpu f aaialmr, htta si llaysuu sadebirc ot aridesecn uoecsgl eus nda deirmapi olgseu c tnrcpuoiod aceusd yb eth iiointbnih fo go.gcueensoilsne

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submitted by macrohphage95(7),

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eHmaliypgyoc si a tqerfenuyl endtoernceu nomilcoicpta ni aamfulirpc iaramal tath is sulyaul israebcd to edsrcneai slugoec seu and mpaierdi ocelugs ptrdoucoin udesca by the itbinonhii fo eusecno.ilesgong

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submitted by syoung07(21),

How do you pick which malaria species this is? P. vivax and ovale can remain in the liver so I figured hypoglycemia was a result. But I also know that P. falciparum can cause issues with the brain, lungs, and kidneys. I was between adrenal insufficiency and hypoglycemia for that reason.