Module 1 Assignment: Case study analysis NURS 6501
By Day 1 of this week, you will be assigned to a specific case study for this Case Study Assignment. Please see the “Course Announcements” section of the classroom for your assignment from your Instructor.
The Assignment (1- to 2-page case study analysis)
Develop a 1- to 2-page case study analysis in which you:
Explain why you think the patient presented the symptoms described.
Identify the genes that may be associated with the development of the disease.
Explain the process of immunosuppression and the effect it has on body systems.
Case Study:
A 42-year-old man comes to clinic with chief complaint of pain, redness, and swelling of his right calf. He states that he had been working in his yard using a string trimmer when the trimmer slipped and cut his leg. He cleaned the wound with water from the garden hose and covered the wound with a large Band-Aid. Several days later, he developed fever to 100.6˚ F and chills and noticed that his leg was swollen and red. He comes to the emergency department for definitive care.
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Wound Infection
It is integral for physicians to effectively understand cell behavior as an essential factor in having a successful disease or infection diagnosis and subsequent treatment procedures. Based on the provided case scenario, this paper offers respect for the symptoms, genes associated with the identified disease, and the process and impact of immunosuppression on body systems.
The 42-year-old complained of pain, redness, and right calf swelling. Previously he had his leg accidentally cut by the string trimmer he was working with. He has cleaned the world with water and covered it; however, after several days, he developed fever, a child with his leg swollen and red. Regarding the presented case scenario, the patient depicted a case of wound infection, i.e., staphylococci infection. This can be aligned to the wound he had becoming or harboring, which could have gotten to his will from the soil via the accident. Improper would require cleaning whereby he could have used soap with water or antiseptic. Still, the hose water wasn’t a proper cleaning approach, providing an environment for the survival of the infection-causing microorganism. Finally, covering with cloth could have given room for progressed disease, hence the symptoms after days.
Genetic variations are integral in how a person responds to treatment and infections. According to Tipton et al. (2020), it was found that a patient’s genetic variations in ZNF521 and TLN2 genes were linked to several bacteria in the wound. The genes are more connected with the abundant pathogens in the wound. The identified could be linked with the disease’s development and the extent to in this would cause infection.
Immunosuppression can be regarded as the suppression of a patient’s immune system, including its ability to counter or fight infections and other diseases (Immunosuppressant’s: Definition, Treatment & What Is It, and n.d.-b). It (immunosuppression) can sometimes be a deliberate case whereby drugs are used to prepare the body, such as in the case of organ transplant. When immunosuppression is performed on patients, the body systems become less resistant to infections. They become vulnerable to infections as well as harder to treat.
References
Immunosuppressants: Definition, Treatment & What Is It. (n.d.-b). Cleveland Clinic. Retrieved June 11, 2022, from https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/drugs/10418-immunosuppressants
Tipton, C. D., Wolcott, R. D., Sanford, N. E., Miller, C., Pathak, G., Silzer, T. K., Sun, J., Fleming, D., Rumbaugh, K. P., Little, T. D., Phillips, N., & Phillips, C. D. (2020). Patient genetics is linked to chronic wound microbiome composition and healing. PLoS pathogens, 16(6), e1008511. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008511