Question

4. Describe appropriate interventions for managing acute or chronic hypoglycemia. 5. Compare and contrast the biologic activities of thyroid hormone replacement products; also, state which are generally preferred for managing hypothyroidism and why.

Answer 1

4. Interventions for managing acute and chronic hypoglycemia:

Managing acute hypoglycemia by eating 15 gms fast-acting carbohydrates, by taking juice, hard candy, or glucose tablets. This will usually help your symptoms go away. Check your blood sugar again in 15 minutes and treat every 15 minutes if levels are still low. seek medical advcie  if you don't feel well or if you can't get your blood sugar back up.

Managing chronic hypoglycemia : Eat or drink 15 to 20 grams of fast-acting carbohydrates. These are sugary foods without protein or fat that are easily converted to sugar in the body, recheck blood sugar levels 15 minutes,after treatment, Have a snack or meal. An unconscious patient can be treated with an immediate injection of glucagon or with intravenous glucose infusions in a hospital.

5. The common thyroid hormone replacemne products are

• levothyroxine sodium (Levothroid, Levoxyl, Synthroid, Tirosint, Unithroid) Levothyroxine is a synthetic (man-made) version of the principle thyroid hormone, thyroxine (T4) that is made and released by the thyroid gland. Thyroid hormone increases the metabolic rate of cells of all tissues in the body.
• liothyronine sodium (Cytomel, Triostat) Liothyronine sodium is a synthetic (man-made) version of one of the two hormones made by the thyroid gland, triiodothyronine. It is used for treating individuals who are hypothyroid (do not produce enough thyroid hormones). Thyroid hormones increase the metabolism of all cells in the body.
• liotrix (Thyrolar) Liotrix is used to treat an underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism). It replaces or provides more of a certain natural substance (thyroid hormone) that is normally produced by the thyroid gland

Levothyroxin is most generally used for throid hormone replacement therapy because it  acts just like the hormone your thyroid gland normally makes. It replaces or provides more thyroid hormone, which is normally produced by the thyroid gland.The right dose can make you feel a lot better.Levothyroxine also can be used to treat goiter, which is an enlarged thyroid gland. It also treats certain types of thyroid cancer.