KROK 1 2010 – Question 93 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
Examination of a man who had been working hard under higher temperature of the environment revealed abnormal quantity of blood plasma proteins. What phenomenon is the case?
- A. Dysproteinemia
- B. Absolute hypoproteinemia
- C. Paraproteinemia
- D. Absolute hyperproteinemia
- E. Relative hyperproteinemia
Hint
Consider whether sweating changes the amount of protein in the blood or only the volume of fluid it is dissolved in, and what that does to its concentration.
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