A case study helps connect Physiology theory to real-world disease diagnosis and treatment. These case studies will help you appreciate and understand how human physiology impacts our daily lives. Overview: you will be creating your own detailed case study involving a disease that affects your organ system along with the follow up questions for other students to answer. This case study should be based on a disease other than the one you described in Benchmark Two- pathophysiology discussion posted in previous module. For module seven discussion, submit ONLY the case study and the follow-up questions WITHOUT their answers to the discussion board. (You will post the answers to your case study questions later when you put together your final project/ presentation). My suggestion is that you weave a story around a disease from your organ system without revealing the name of the disease (you may take clues from the case study we did on Hep B). Please don`t include any references either! Your classmates will answer those questions from your case study, and will guess the name of the disease in your case study based on the research they do on the topic This initial post will consist of a case study in 2-4 paragraphs, and after the necessary elements have been presented then follow up questions should be identified in a bulleted list. Create your own detailed case study involving a disease that affects your organ system. This disease should be different from the one you described in module 6 discussion. Focused on the signs, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, and present the case in an engaging style that encourages your classmates to think critically. Create at least 5 follow up questions. (Don`t include answers in this post. You will be submitting the answers to these questions in another module) Example: Case Study: Karen is a 40 year old Caucasian women who has been experiencing chronic diarrhea, abdominal pain, constipation, fatigue, and vomiting, accompanied by feelings of dehydration, and severe weight loss. She has seen a doctor, Dr. Gaylord, in the past year who diagnosed her with IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome). Dr. Gaylord prescribed a medication called Eluxadoline (also known as Viberzi) to Karen, but she felt that the medication has little to no benefits. As a result of this, Karen decided to seek secondary advice and see Dr. Gosling. Dr. Gosling asked Karen about her family history, but Karen was adopted as a baby so she has no connection with her biological parents. Afterwards, Dr. Gosling decides to run a few serological laboratory tests. The results of the laboratory test show that Karen has a lot of IgA and IgG antibody in her blood as well as an elevated level of EMA. After Dr. Gosling saw these test results, he performed an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. The endoscopy showed severe damage on the villi, and the villi appeared flattened. To help Karen treat her disease, Dr. Gosling recommended Karen to follow a new diet, and prescribed her Azathioprine (which is also known as Azasan and Imuran) to help control her inflammation. Follow up Question: 1. Why did Dr. Gaylord think Karen has IBD initially? 2. What does Eluxadoline (Viberzi) do? Why did it have little to no benefits for Karen? 3. What types of serological tests were run and what is does the test results mean? 4. Why did Dr. Gosling perform an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy afterwards? 5. What disease was Karen diagnosed with and what does this have to do with the diet Dr. Gosling recommended?
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