Anurse teaches the parents of a 7-year-old girl who has been prescribed long-term phenytoin therapy about care pertinent to this medication. which statement indicates that the teaching has been effective?

Phenytoin therapy may be defined as a therapy used for the prevention of the seizures. The antileptic drug is used during this therapy and inhibits the seizures in the body.

The side effect of phenytoin therapy is gingival hyperplasia that causes the excessive growth of the gums of individual. The oral hygiene can reduce the side effect of this therapy. The statement that the child require proper the massage and flossing of the teeth.

hydroxyl -oh

alcohols, always polar, can form hydrogen bonds with h2o molecules

carboxyl -cooh  

cargoxylic acids, has acidic properties which is a source of hydrogen ions, found in cells in ionized for with a charge of oh-1

carbonyl > co

ketone if within skeleton, aldehyde if group is at the end of skeleton, k & a may be structural isomers, it determines 2 sugars (ketose & aldose)

amino -nh2

amines, acts as a base, it can pick up h+ ions from surrounding solution, ionized with charge of 1+

methyl ch2

addition to rna/dna affects and gene expression

phosphate -opo3 ²⁻

organic phosphates, contributes to negative charge to, molecule that it is a part of, and potential to react with h20

sulfhydryl -sh

thiols, cross-linking stabilize the protein, and it is structure

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