Health Disease Assignment 6
Health Disease Assignment 6
Essays: (at least 300 words per prompt)
1. Kate is born with features that do not look quite normal. Her
eyes are wide-set and slightly slanted. Her nose is short and flat,
and she keeps her mouth slightly open. There is a straight crease
across her palm, and her fifth digit is unusually short. The doctor
tells her parents she has an inherited disorder. If you were the
doctor what would you diagnosis Kate with? Discuss the etiology
of Kate’s disorder? What is the biggest risk factor for this disorder?
How can or will this disorder affect Kate? What test could have
been completed to diagnosis this disorder before Kate’s birth?
2. Research one autosomal dominant disease, one autosomal
recessive disease, and a sex-linked disease. For each disease
discuss: 1. Etiology, 2. Signs and Symptoms, 3. Diagnosis, 4.
Treatment and Prevention. Provide additional information from an
outside source.
3. A 12-year-old child experiences high fever and chills. He also
says that his heart feels like its pounding. Two weeks before these
symptoms, the child fell off his bike and skinned his knee. This
child also has a history of a heart murmur. What disease should be
considered and what is the treatment? What congenital heart
disease is associated with heart murmurs?
4. A 59-year-old male calls the paramedics after experiencing an
episode of chest pain while shoveling snow. He describes his p

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