Assignment:
Question 1. A 55-year-old woman visits a popular eatery for lunch. She orders a cheese and bacon pizza with extra cheese and has about 3 large glasses of cola (ph value 3). On the way back home, she experiences heartburn and abdominal pain, and has difficulty breathing. She drinks a lot of water and has to consume milk of magnesia (pH value 10.5) before she feels comfortable again.
- Classify the liquids that she has consumed as acidic or alkaline.
- State the pH values of water and blood.
- State what the patient can include and avoid in her diet on a regular basis to avoid these symptoms in the future.
Question 2. At a prominent state hospital, a 45-year-old woman is receiving a 'combined modality' treatment for the initial stage of breast cancer. State the two aspects included in this treatment. State the methods by which a radiation oncologist can administer these therapies. Additionally, state four major differences between the two modes of treatment.
Question 3. The Managing Director of a well-known company on Wall Street thrives on a diet of fruit jam, bread, pasta, and coffee. She exercises intermittently. One day she decides to go to her primary healthcare provider for a routine checkup. The healthcare provider recommends that she take the Benedict's test. Assume that the glucose levels of the patient are high.
- State the results that the test would indicate (specify the color of the solution).
- State the composition and the properties of the ketohexose derived from fruit jam.
- Describe the manner in which ketohexose acts as a reducing sugar in the test.
Question 4. A freshman studying medicine at an Ivy League College is a part of his class crew team and exercises regularly. After a particularly strenuous exercise session, he experiences severe cramps in his thighs and pain in his biceps.
- Explain the chemical process that occurred in his muscle cells to cause this discomfort.
- Explain the chemical reactions that have possibly taken place in his body after the exercise.
- Discuss possible treatments for the freshman and how the treatment works chemically.
Provide complete and step by step solution for the question and show calculations and use formulas.