Mr. Macho. He is sitting at the bar with his friends. Heis the sole surviving bachelor of his over 30 group of friends. Hestill lives in his parent’s house, is 31 years old, and exercisesat the gym six days per week. He takes laxatives daily to keep hisbody weight down so he can maintain the same physique he had inhigh school. He's trying to impress his friends by eating 12jalapeno peppers stuffed with cheese accompanied by an equal numberof tequila shots.

Questions: Is Mr. Macho at risk for water intoxication,dehydrated, or in fluid balance? What factors are affecting hisbody fluid level and which hormones for fluid balance are affectedby his lifestyle? Is his fluid volume dropping? If so, whichhormones are released to compensate for this loss? Is Mr. Macho atrisk for respiratory or metabolic / alkalosis or acidosis? What isthe compensatory mechanism working to rectify his self-inducedcondition?

The Lovers. They are sitting in the corner at a smalltable. Dante is finishing his masters’ degree in philosophy andplans to work at the nonprofit agency until he can form his owncult movement and ultimately run for a political office at thefederal level to convert our government to Socialism. He's drinkinghis third cappuccino, which is the only thing he has had to drinkall day. He has labored, slow, shallow breathing resulting from agunshot wound to his chest when he was a teenager. He rolls his owncigarettes and smokes the equivalent of one pack perday.

Questions: Is Dante at risk for water intoxication,dehydrated, or in fluid balance? What factors are affecting hisbody fluid level and which hormones for fluid balance are affectedby his lifestyle? Is his fluid volume dropping? If so, whichhormones are released to compensate for this loss? Is Dante at riskfor respiratory or metabolic / alkalosis or acidosis? What is thecompensatory mechanism working to rectify his self-inducedcondition?