PvilleHealth Quiz

(CORRECTION - ANSWER FOR QUESTION G is different than key published in Pflugerville Pflag***)

Can you identify the one false answer to each health question? Some of the following have 'all of the above' as the answer.

A) The lungs can get permanent damage from 1) smoking and other pollution, 2) asthma that is not treated to optimal control, 3) being born without a certain enzyme, 4) sipping water too fast from a straw.

B) The liver can be damaged from 1) excessive alcohol, including beer and wine, 2) not drinking enough water, 3) being overweight, 4)excessive Tylenol-containing products

C) The kidneys can be damaged from 1) blood pressure not being fully controlled, 2) complications of bladder infections, 3) swimming pools, 4) diabetes not being controlled

D) Pre-diabetes 1) is cured with just a pill, 2) never goes away, 3)usually develops to full diabetes within ten years without specific healthy lifestyle changes, 4) is harmful by developing fatty plaques

E) The lining of the arteries 1) are more than just the lining of simple tubes for carrying blood, 2) react to blood pressure and cholesterol, 3) are associated with most American deaths, 4) that have developed fatty plaque cannot be cleaned off.
F) There are very good reasons to see a doctor the first day or two of developing 1) a simple uti, 2) flu with fever, 3) a cold, 4) a rash without obvious cause.

G) Adults can be protected with vaccines for 1)tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis (Tdap), 2) Flu 3) pneumonia, 4)
hepatitis A and B,5) shingles 6) all of the above.

H) For allergies the first thing to do is 1) get a steroid shot, since it is totally safe and there is nothing else you can do first, 2) counter the histamine attack with an OTC like Claritin, 3)counter the leukotriene attack with prescription Singulair pills or steroid nose spray, 4) avoid whatever you are allergic to.

I) Bariatric surgery is 1) a surgery of the abdomen, done through  small scopes to make the stomach capacity smaller, 2) comes from same word used in barometric pressure re: the heaviness of the atmosphere,
3) typically results in the loss of 70% of excess weight and a reduction of meds for conditions like hypertension, diabetes and cholesterol, 4) done with a barium swallow xray.

I am looking forward to comments and interest in this quiz on my blog;I will further discuss the answers in my semi-monthly column in the Pflugerville Pflag. My blog is pvillehealth.blogspot.com ; comments or
questions to the blog can be made totally anonymously.Answers A4.B2.C3.D1.E4,F3,G6***, H 1,I 4.