Problem: Patient is a 45 year old male with history of nonalcoholic fatty liver and metabolic syndrome. The patient is in the clinic for routine follow up after lab work. BMI is 35. He denies any symptoms at the time of the visit. When going over lab work the patient states that he is unclear what any of his diagnoses mean or what led to this.
| Lab |
Pt value |
Normal values |
| A1c |
9 |
< 5.7 |
| Glucose |
170 |
< 140 |
| ALT |
130 |
7-45 |
| AST |
71 |
8-48 |
| TSH |
4.9 |
0.5-5.0 |
Questions:
1. Explain the pathophysiology of the patient disease process.
2. Explain the genetics and potential cellular alterations related to the patient's disorders
3. Explain the risk factors that can lead to metabolic syndrome. Need Assignment Help?
4. Provide 4 scholarly articles since 2000 to support your answers.
5. In the explanation, please cite the scholarly articles throughout.