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Homework: Case Study Analysis
An understanding of the factors surrounding women's and men's health can be critically important to disease diagnosis and treatment in these areas. This importance is magnified by the fact that some diseases and disorders manifest differently based on the sex of the patient.
Effective disease analysis often requires an understanding that goes beyond the human systems involved. The impact of patient characteristics, as well as racial and ethnic variables, can also have an important impact.
An understanding of the symptoms of alterations in systems based on these characteristics is a critical step in diagnosis and treatment of many diseases. For APRNs, this understanding can also help educate patients and guide them through their treatment plans.
In this Homework, you examine a case study and analyze the symptoms presented. You identify the elements that may be factors in the diagnosis, and you explain the implications to patient health.
To prepare:
1) McCance, K. L. & Huether, S. E. (2019). Pathophysiology: The biologic basis for disease in adults and children (8th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby/Elsevier.
a) Chapter 24: Structure and Function of the Reproductive Systems (stop at Tests of reproductive function); Summary Review
b) Chapter 25: Alterations of the Female Reproductive System (stop at Organ prolapse); pp. 787-788 (start at Impaired fertility) (stop at Disorders of the female breast); Summary Review
c) Chapter 26: Alterations of the Male Reproductive System (stop at Hormone levels); Summary Review
d) Chapter 27: Sexually Transmitted Infections, including Summary Review
2) Low, N. &Broutet N. J. (2017). Sexually transmitted infections - Research priorities for new challenges. PLoS Medicine, (12), e1002481
Task
In your Case Study Analysis related to the scenario provided, explain the following:
1) The factors that affect fertility (STDs).
2) Why inflammatory markers rise in STD/PID.
3) Why prostatitis and infection happens. Also explain the causes of systemic reaction.