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– ## week1discussion.docx **## week1discussion.docx** Hello Students Friendly reminders below for Week 1 assignments. We have add extra learning resources for you and if trouble understanding or getting anything to work, please let me know. The case scenarios are different for each week. I will post these in announcements. **_Scenario Week 1 – Discussion Board: Patient is a 48-year-old male with complaints of stiffness in his fingers that migrates to his upper arm joints and increased fatigue over the last few months. The patient works in a bank and types frequently. He commented that he thought he could have carpal tunnel syndrome, but the fatigue was beginning to worry him. The patient reports a family history of rheumatoid arthritis. He is currently taking Motrin for pain which partially relieves the symptoms. He rates his pain a 5/10 at present, aching in both hands. The patient’s vital signs are 120/80, Pulse 78, Res 16, Temp 100.1 F. He denies any recent weight changes. Physical exam reveals: Edema to 4th and 5th PIP joints bilaterally with tenderness in the same joints. His grip strength is decreased bilaterally. No edema of knees or ankles noted._** Post an explanation of the disease highlighted in the scenario you were provided. Include the following in your explanation: · The role genetics plays in the disease. · Why the patient is presenting with the specific symptoms described. · The physiologic response to the stimulus presented in the scenario and why you think this response occurred. · The cells that are involved in this process. · How another characteristic (e.g., gender, genetics) would change your response. **## week1discussion.docx** Hello Students Friendly reminders below for Week 1 assignments. We have add extra learning resources for you and if trouble understanding or getting anything to work, please let me know. The case scenarios are different for each week. I will post these in announcements. **_Scenario Week 1 – Discussion Board: Patient is a 48-year-old male with complaints of stiffness in his fingers that migrates to his upper arm joints and increased fatigue over the last few months. The patient works in a bank and types frequently. He commented that he thought he could have carpal tunnel syndrome, but the fatigue was beginning to worry him. The patient reports a family history of rheumatoid arthritis. He is currently taking Motrin for pain which partially relieves the symptoms. He rates his pain a 5/10 at present, aching in both hands. The patient’s vital signs are 120/80, Pulse 78, Res 16, Temp 100.1 F. He denies any recent weight changes. Physical exam reveals: Edema to 4th and 5th PIP joints bilaterally with tenderness in the same joints. His grip strength is decreased bilaterally. No edema of knees or ankles noted._** Post an explanation of the disease highlighted in the scenario you were provided. Include the following in your explanation: · The role genetics plays in the disease. · Why the patient is presenting with the specific symptoms described. · The physiologic response to the stimulus presented in the scenario and why you think this response occurred. · The cells that are involved in this process. · How another characteristic (e.g., gender, genetics) would change your response.