Case Study 4
MN551-2: Apply knowledge of tissue and organ structure and function to physiologic alterations in systems and analyze the cause and effect relationship in response to disease.

Select one of the case studies below. In your discussion be sure to include evidence of your knowledge of tissue and organ structure and function to physiologic alterations in systems and analyze the cause and effect relationship in response to disease.

Requirements

Make sure all of the topics in the case study have been addressed.
Cite at least three sourcesjournal articles, textbooks, or evidenced-based websitesto support the content.
All sources must have been written within five years.
Do not use .com, Wikipedia, or up-to-date, etc., for your sources.

Inflammation, Tissue Repair, and Wound Healing

Carlton, a six-year-old boy, was playing on a sandy beach with his mother. He began to run along the shoreline when he stepped on the sharp edge of a shell, giving himself a deep cut on his foot. His mother washed his foot in the lake and put on his running shoe to take him home. One day later, Carltons foot looked worse. The gash was red and painful. The foot was warm to touch and appeared swollen. Carltons mom put some gauze over the wound and prepared to take him to the local community health clinic.

What is the physiologic mechanism causing the wound to become red, hot, swollen, and painful? How is this different than the inflammatory response that might occur in an internal organ?
What are the immunologic events that are happening at the local level during Carltons acute inflammatory response?
Nutrition plays an important factor in wound healing. What stages of wound healing would be affected by a deficiency in vitamins A and C?