My Flu Case Study

Flu Case Study

Julia Granados

24 September 2015

Professor Harrison

BIO 201

Sari, a 5-year-old girl, contracted the flu through students at her school. We were given her case study. In this case study it included her symptoms as well as the possible causes for them. It also states the treatment she was prescribed by the doctor. In addition it also stated how the treatment would solve the issues she was having during her sickness.

1. Pedialyte is a simple glucose and electrolyte solution that contains simple solutions

of glucose, sodium, chloride, potassium, citrate and many other solutions. These solutions provide the body with the lost calories due to vomiting and diarrhea.

2. Na, is the molecule that provides the fuel for the transport. The enzyme involved in this is glucose. As the Na molecule is transported across the cell membrane, it goes from a low concentration to a high concentration.

3. Pedialyte is a useful treatment for children with the flu because it helps move glucose into weakened cells of the intestine. Intestinal normally use ATP and active transport to make the high Na concentration in the gut lumen. During a virus infection a high gut lumen concentration can be made with electrolyte solutions.

4. If glucose remains in the intestine because a virus inhibits active transport then it will not allow contransport mechanisms to move Na and glucose from the gut to cell. The virus will invade the intestine leading to the condition known as viral entries. Normal digestion of food is interfered, causing diarrhea.

5. In Third World Countries where intravenous therapy or drugstores aren’t available, anything that has glucose or electrolytes in it will help treat people who have cholera epidemics.

6. Electrolytes replace lost electrolytes but also help glucose in drinks to enter intestinal cells without the use of cellular energy. During exercise athletes use electrolytes through sweat. Gatorade contains electrolytes that...