ALTERED PHYSIOLOGY
CASE STUDY: A 65-YEAR-OLD OBESE AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE PATIENT PRESENTS TO HIS HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL WITH CRAMPY LEFT LOWER QUADRANT PAIN, CONSTIPATION, AND FEVERS TO 101. F. HE HAS HAD MULTIPLE EPISODES LIKE THIS ONE OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS AND THEY ALWAYS RESPONDED TO BOWEL REST AND ORAL ANTIBIOTICS. HE HAS REFUSED TO HAVE THE RECOMMENDED COLONOSCOPY EVEN WITH HIS HISTORY OF CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE { DIVERTICULITIS}, SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE, AND DIET LACKING IN FIBER. HIS PATERNAL GRANDFATHER DIED OF COLON CANCER BACK IN THE 1950s AS WELL.
HE FINALLY UNDERWENT COLONOSCOPY AFTER HIS ACUTE DIVERTICULITIS RESOLVED. COLONOSCOPY REVEALED MULTIPLE POLYPS THAT WERE RETRIEVED, AND THE PATHOLOGY WAS POSITIVE FOR ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE COLON.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS: IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, DEVELOP A 1- TO 2 – PAGE CASE STUDY ANALYSIS IN WHICH YOU:
(1) EXPLAIN WHY YOU THINK THE PATIENT PRESENTED THE SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED.
(2) IDENTIFY THE GENES THAT MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISEASE.
(3) EXPLAIN THE PROCESS OF IMMUNO SUPPRESSION AND THE EFFECT IT HAS ON BODY SYSTEMS.
(4) INCLUDE A TITLE PAGE, INTRODUCTION, SUMMARY, AND AT LEAST THREE REFERENCES PER COLLEGE REQUIREMENT OF ALL PAPERS.
(5) ANSWER ALL PARTS OF THE ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS EXPECTATION WITH REFLECTIVE ANALYSIS CLEARLY AND CONCISELY WITH NO GRAMMATIC OR SPELLING ERROR TO CURRENT APA MANUAL WRITING RULES AND SYLES.
