Essential body fat is the amount of body fat one must maintain ...

[jilianpiloj]

Essential body fat is the amount of body fat one must maintain for proper structure and function.
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

Cook with Cholelithiasis: Marcia Brown is a 42-year-old Pima Indian who works as a cook in a casino in Arizona. She has just been diagnosed with cholelithiasis. She is 5'4 tall and once weighed 210 pounds. One year ago, she underwent gastric bypass surgery and has lost 75 pounds. For several months, she had been experiencing episodes of pain in the right upper part of her abdomen. The pain usually began after eating and lasted for several hours. Lately she began to experience nausea and vomiting with the pain and began to run a fever. What are the treatment options for cholelithiasis? Explain each.

[Chou]

Answer to Question 1

True

Answer to Question 2

(1) Surgery  removal of the gallbladder
(2) Ursodiol  dissolves the cholesterol crystals in gallstones
(3) Shock-wave lithotripsy  procedure used to fragment the stones so they can either pass into the small intestine or be dissolved with ursodiol

[jilianpiloj]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[rachel]

Gracias!