Chemical Eric - From Buffalo Case Studies.

Chemical Eric - From Buffalo Case Studies.

Hormones reference: http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/hypopit/overview.html

What we are doing today...

• Teenagers hear a lot of misinformation about hormones. Today we need to start a real conversation about how hormones control the body.

• Some hormones are steroids (lipids) other are proteins.

• Hormones travel through the blood to send signals around the body.

• The goal is homeostasis.

Open Ended

Look at the list of hormones provided. What is your first guess about what hormonal problem Eric is having?

Poll

Should Dr. Kidd tell Eric he is most likely sterile?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

Multiple Choice

What treatment to reverse Eric’s sterility could Dr. Kidd try? Hint: look at your list of hormones.

• Growth Hormone

• Luteinizing Hormone

• Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone

• Prolactin

Open Ended

Why didn’t Eric have a beard when he got testosterone injections, but he is growing a beard now? Again, use the hormone list provided and make your best bet.

Multiple Choice

Click to expand the data picture. What do you notice in the data?

• Eric is urinating more than average

• Eric is urinating within the normal range

• Eric is urinating less than average.

Multiple Choice

His kidneys are so active at night because…

• He drinks too much because he is unhappy.

• He doesn’t make enough cortisone, which is a stress response manager.

• He doesn’t make enough antidiuretic hormone.

Open Ended

How is Eric alive without a pituitary AND he is not recienving any medication that replaces the hormones made by the pituitary? (yes, he is still alive)