If a person has hypopituitarism, what effect would you expect on the adrenals?

( answer and more general notes )

What can you diagnose by measuring vanillyl mandelic acid in the urine?
pheochromocytoma and neuroblastoma

How much do the adrenals glands weigh? (each)
( self quiz and lecture notes from lecture on this date by SSL )

Normal WBC numbers: 5,000-10,000 total. Panic: under 500 or over 30,000. Lymphoid tissue is found in discrete, organized masses in LN's, thymus, spleen, tonsils, adenoids, Peyer patches. Other areas with smaller amounts: bone marrow, lungs, GI, other. LN's are easily accessible for examination.

( on normals, increases and decreases of types )

--adrenal glands not functioning at optimal level
--when at rest, under stress, or in response to consistent, intermittent, or sporadic demands
--adrenals secrete 50+ hormones incl: epinephrine, cortisol, progesterone, DHEA, estrogen, and testosterone
--adrenal fatigue aka Non-Addison’s hypoadrenia, subclinical hypoadrenia, neurasthenia, adrenal neurasthenia, and adrenal apathy
( etiology, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, treatment )

Study Questions:
1. Does having an immune response to a colon tumor preclude you from getting lung cancer? Why or why not?
2. What happens if you systemically and non-specifically turn on all of your T cells at once?
3. What are TSAs?
4. How does a DC vaccine for cancer work?
5. Why can people often fight off virally induced tumors but not spontaneous tumors?
6. Name one way that viruses that cause tumors evade the immune system.
7. Which cells of the immune system have receptors for neurotransmitters?
8. What effect do glucocorticoids have on the immune system?
9. Name 3 problems that make it difficult to do PNI studies.
( answers and some info about unconventional cancer research and treatments )