Instructions
Please
read each section/question carefully. Answer questions in complete
sentences,
and if/when you need to cite outside materials, please use footnotes.
All work
is to be typed, and may be submitted either by email or in class. This
assignment
is due no later than midnight Tuesday February 15th. NO LATE
PAPERS
ACCEPTED
Short
answer:
Case
Study 1
Joey
had a bad case of the flu, and as a result contracted lobular
pneumonia.
Q1:
What organisms most commonly are causative agents of this type
of acute bacterial pneumonia?
Joey’s symptoms include fluid accumulation and dead white blood cells in the alveoli. He is having chills, and ‘rusty’ sputum along with difficulty breathing, and his wife wants to know if he should be hospitalized. The doctor was reluctant to admit him, but did prescribe an antibiotic.
Q2:
How do you think this is affecting his body’s pH levels and
how?
Case
Study 2
Anita
is 39-yrs. old, and about 15% above ideal body weight. She suffers from
edema
in her lower limbs.
Q1:
Why would elevation and massage help remove the excessive fluid?
Q2:
what are two typical reasons why she might have edema?
Q3:
why might Anita suffer painful bouts from her edema?
Case
Study 3
Maxine
has traveled to Greece, and has encountered a country full of smokers!
Q1:
How might the typical Greek citizen’s exposure to tobacco smoke affect
the
cilia in their lungs?
Q2:
Why might this explain why tobacco smokers have an increased incidence
of
respiratory infections?
Case
Study 4
Nine
year old Mike is racing his friends in the pool. They decide to see how
far
they can swim under water. Mike thinks it’s a good idea to
hyperventilate
before his turn.
Q1:
How do you explain to him that this would not give him an advantage,
and might
even decrease his ability to make it to the other side of the pool?