HELLO

CREATIVI
TY!
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WHAT IS
HOMEOSTAS
IS?
 the ability of a system or living
organism to adjust its internal
environment to maintain a stable
equilibrium, such as the ability of
warm-blooded animals to maintain a
constant body temperature.
FOLLOWING DISORDERS AND HOW
HOMEOSTASIS IS DISRUPTED

Diabetes mellitus
Hemophilia
Hemorrhagic fever
Hypothermia
Diarrhea
CAUSES OF HOMEOSTATIC
DISRUPTION
WITH DIABETES, BLOOD GLUCOSE IS INCREASED
BY NORMAL GLUCAGON ACTIVITY, BUT THE LACK
OF OR RESISTANCE TO INSULIN MEANS THAT
BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS ARE UNABLE TO RETURN TO
NORMAL. IN IDEAL CIRCUMSTANCES,
HOMEOSTATIC CONTROL MECHANISMS SHOULD
PREVENT THIS IMBALANCE FROM OCCURRING.
HOWEVER, IN SOME PEOPLE, THE MECHANISMS DO
NOT WORK EFFICIENTLY ENOUGH OR THE AMOUNT
OF BLOOD GLUCOSE IS TOO GREAT TO BE
EFFECTIVELY MANAGED.
 HEALTHY

HEMOPHILIA

HEMOPHILIA IS USUALLY AN INHERITED BLEEDING

DISORDER IN WHICH THE BLOOD DOES NOT CLOT
PROPERLY. THIS CAN LEAD TO SPONTANEOUS BLEEDING
AS WELL AS BLEEDING FOLLOWING INJURIES OR
SURGERY. BLOOD CONTAINS MANY PROTEINS CALLED
CLOTTING FACTORS THAT CAN HELP TO STOP BLEEDING.
VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS ARE
SPREAD BY CONTACT WITH INFECTED
ANIMALS OR INSECTS. THE VIRUSES
THAT CAUSE VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC
FEVERS LIVE IN A VARIETY OF ANIMAL
AND INSECT HOSTS. MOST COMMONLY
THE HOSTS INCLUDE MOSQUITOES,
TICKS, RODENTS OR BATS. SOME VIRAL
HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS CAN ALSO BE
SPREAD FROM PERSON TO PERSON. IT
IS CHARACTERIZED BY A LOSS OF
HOMEOSTASIS LEADING TO INCREASED
BLEEDING AND SHOCK.
HYPOTHERMIA IS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY THAT
OCCURS WHEN YOUR BODY LOSES HEAT FASTER THAN
IT CAN PRODUCE HEAT. NORMAL BODY FUNCTION
DEPENDS ON ITS ABILITY TO MAINTAIN THERMAL
HOMEOSTASIS. ... ALTERATIONS OF BODY TEMPERATURE
ASSOCIATED WITH IMPAIRED THERMOREGULATION,
DECREASED HEAT PRODUCTION OR INCREASED HEAT
LOSS CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA.
 Diarrhea is very common, happening in most people a few
times each year. When you have diarrhea, your stool will be
loose and watery.

 THE MECHANISMS THAT REGULATE IONIC BALANCE, FLUID ABSORPTION AND

SECRETION IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT ARE COMPLEX. DISTURBANCE
OF THIS HOMEOSTATIC STATE BY BILE ACIDS, BACTERIAL ENTEROTOXINS AND
NEOPLASM-DERIVED SECRETAGOGUES CAN LEAD TO DIARRHEA.
SUMMARY
 Conditions in the body must be constantly
controlled because cells depend on the body's
environment to live and function. The
maintenance of the conditions by homeostasis
is very important because in the wrong body
conditions certain processes (osmosis) and
proteins (enzymes) will not function properly.