what is Jaundice? Describe in detail how Jaundice occurs.   3. How do fatty deposits in the liver lead to hypoglycemia?   4. Why did his kidneys fail?

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AJ is 20yo who ate 5days old pasta and his liver shutdown. he presented himself to the ER with abdominal pain nausea and diffuse bleeding. in the ambulance he kept vomiting and fell unconscious. AJ is a student with student loan so he decided to eat cheap food to save some money like pasta with premade sauce. he always cook his food on Sunday for the all week and put it in the fridge but sometimes he leaves his food out overnight and eat the the following morning. so one day AJ let his food out for 2days his roommate didn't know that the food was out for 2days and he put back the food in the fridge for 3more days. AJ reheated the 5day old pasta and eat it.AJ acknowledge the bad smell but ignore it by changing the sauce. immediately after eating his pasta AJ's stomach started to hurt so bad, he couldn't feel his eyes push out his skull he started to vomit badly. he drink a stomach medicine before going to bed but he didn't work. his roommate found him pass out the whites of his eyes a sickly greenish yellow.

 

what is Jaundice? Describe in detail how Jaundice occurs.

 

3. How do fatty deposits in the liver lead to hypoglycemia?

 

4. Why did his kidneys fail?

 

5. Describe Reyes syndrome in detail.

 

6. What are the autopsy findings in this case?

 

7.What was the bacteria and toxin that caused AJ's death.

 

8.How did the toxin cause Aj's death?

 

9. How did AJ's over consumption of over-the-counter stomach meds

 

contribute to his death?

 

10. What are your thoughts on this case?

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