Today we began discussing about our 1st HOUSE case of the semester. This case is about a senior cross-country runner. The athlete suffered from huge headache, confusion and nausea. We asked the patient a few questions concerning his habits and conditions before running, and we had a few hypotheses for the cause of the patient's sickness. The hypotheses include dehydration, over-hydration, gastroenteritis, sleep deprivation and migraine. Personally, I believed that the patient was suffering from over-hydration.
To see more of my analysis of the patient's condition and diagnosis, click on this link: HOUSE case #1
Today we also learned about cell membrane's structure and its functions. The cell membrane is the security wall of the cell, and it is selectively permeable. The parts in cell membrane include phospholipid, proteins and cholesterol. The function of cell membrane is communicate in a chemical way through glycolipid and glycoprotein, a result of inbeded proteins interacting with carbohydrate. The functions of proteins include transport, enzymatic activity, signal transduction, and cell-cell recognition.
-Andy Liu '15
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