CASE STUDY: An 83-year-old resident of a skilled nursing facility presents to the emergency department with generalized edema of extremities and abdomen. History obtained from staff reveals the patient has a history of malabsorption syndrome and difficulty eating due to a lack of dentures. The patient has been diagnosed with protein malnutrition.
Discussion Instructions: (1) Post an explanation of the disease highlighted in the scenario you were provided. Include the following in your explanation:
(a) The role genetics plays in the disease.
(b) Why the patient is presenting with the specific symptoms described.
(c) The physiologic response to the stimulus presented in the scenario and why you think this response occurred.
(d) The cells that are involved in this process.
(e) How another characteristic (e.g., gender, genetics ) would change your response.
(e) Please answer all parts of the discussion questions expectation with reflective critical analysis and synthesis of knowledge. Please write clearly and concisely with no grammatical or spelling error to current APA manually writing rules and style. Please provide at least three references. (f) Respond to at least two classmates and respectfully agree or disagree with your classmate’s assessment and explain your reasoning. In your explanation, include why their explanations make physiological sense or why they do not. Please provide two references for each of the classmate posts.
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