docarchana
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A 40-year-old woman comes to the physician because of "too much stress in my life now." She describes feeling depressed and tense because of a recent marital separation, a job change, the need to relocate to another city, and the worsening of her 8-year-old son's asthma. Physical examination shows no abnormalities. Laboratory studies are most likely to show which of the following abnormalities?
A. Decreased lymphocyte reactivity to antigens
B. Decreased serum prolactin concentration
C. Increased serum calcium concentration
D. Increased serum thyroid-stimulating hormone concentration
E. Mild normochromic, normocytic anemia
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| X-Ray
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| Slacker
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can u plz explain ur answer. thanks
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| smal
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D.
ACTH,epinephrines r increaded during stress.
TSH increased probably to meet the body needs.
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| young_doc
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The main stress hormone is Cortisol. Which also has immunosuppressive activities.
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| khorshid
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A(young_doc is right we have immunosuppression during stress due to cortisol)
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| yasmeen
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| klimt
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stress affects immune system
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