⁰⁰¹ ℂ𝕃𝔸ℝ𝕀𝔽𝕐 *Making Medicine Clearer* ᴾᵒʷᵉʳᵉᵈ ᵇʸ ᵂᵉᵀʰᵉᴰᵒᶜᵗᵒʳˢ *Today's Picks:* 🪅 𝙷𝚢𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚢 𝚟𝚜. 𝙷𝚢𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚊 Wₕy ₜₕₑ ₘᵢₓ-ᵤₚ? Both refer to growth and may appear in similar contexts, but they describe fundamentally different processes. Understanding that distinction is key in both learning and clinical reasoning. 🧑‍🔬 𝙷𝚢𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚢 Definition: An increase in the size of individual cells. The tissue or organ enlarges because each cell grows bigger. No new cells are added. Common in muscle growth or thickening of the heart wall in high blood pressure. ────────────── Vs. ────────────── 💠 𝙷𝚢𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚊 Definition: An increase in the number of cells. The tissue becomes larger due to cell multiplication. This occurs in normal processes like hormonal changes or healing, but can also appear in certain precancerous conditions. ℂ𝕃𝔸ℝ𝕀𝔽𝕀𝔼𝔻 Hypertrophy = Bigger cells Hyperplasia = More cells Growth takes two forms — and now you can tell them apart. 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔. *_WeTheDoctors™ | © 2025_* 𝙹𝚘𝚒𝚗 𝚆𝚎𝚃𝚑𝚎𝙳𝚘𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢