CE is a 22 yo man presenting to the ER unconscious . his brother tell the doctor that he a him naked in the shower.CE was a college student who enjoyed fitness.when he was in middle school he was bullied for being overweight and when he got to high school he started lifting weight fr football and gained muscle.but suddenly his father died he started again to gain weight and decided to loose it again but this time by using chemical assistance so he read about stimulant and thyroid hormone as a way of increasing the body metabolism that will burn fat he buy it and also continue his workout. CE buy a chemical called 2.4 dinitrohenol DNP. immediately after taking a dose of DN he started to feel hot he wouldn't stop sweating his body temperature was too high for 8 months
1.what are all the effects of DNP?
3. Why do CE’s organs shut down?
4. What other weight loss supplements/drugs was this patient taking?
5. DNP was first used in the 1930 as a weight loss medication but banned
in 1939. Why was it used as a weight loss supplement and why is it
dangerous?
6. Describe all three chemical reactions that take place in cellular
respiration. In what reaction do we see a proton gradient across the inner
mitochondrial membrane?
