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1. Why would a drug called renin inhibitors be effective in treating hypertension? 2. A toddler in...

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1. Why would a drug called renin inhibitors be effective intreating hypertension?

2. A toddler in Africa travels to a remote area with no accessto clean drinking water. He drinks sewage water and soon developssevere diarrhea and dies 10 days later of cardiac arrest. Explainthe possible physiological cause(s) of his death.

3. A patient with poor blood flow to the kidneys is treated withan ACE inhibitor and goes into renal failure. Explain the reasonfor the renal failure.

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1 Renin is an enzyme in the renin angiotensin system that helps in the formation of angiotensin II Angiotensin II is a potent vasoconstrictor and causes water retention which causes rise in blood pressure So if we use renin inhibitors all    See Answer
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