Reference no: EM133991041
Assignment:
Below are symptoms of a patient related to the Digestive System and Metabolism. Each person needs to answer all of these and then reply substantially to their teammates. As a team you should come to a final conclusion on all 3 questions in regards to the Patient and the symptoms. *Only the people in your group/team can see your discussions. Based on the symptoms answer the following questions:
Identify all anatomical structures related to and/or that are being affected based on the patient case information. (i.e. tissues, organs, vessels, brain components, membranes).
Explain how the anatomical structures and their physiological function/dysfunction are interrelated normally and what is going wrong with the structures in this current patient case information.
Identify and explain possible a diagnosis and what can be done to fix or reverse the current situation described in the patient case information. Please be specific and detailed.
Patient Case (Initial Review):
Noah is a 12 year old boy who lives in a rural town. Noah has been having the following symptoms:
- Stomach pain in the form of a burning sensation, it especially hurts when he hasn't eaten in a while
- Nausea
- Loss of appetite
- Frequent burping
- Bloating
- Unintentional weight loss - Noah has lost 15 lbs.
Noah is taking a trip in to the city to see a doctor to see what he can find out.
Doctors Findings:
The Dr. performed the following diagnostic tests. The findings are below as well.
- Blood test - antibodies for a pathogen found
- Stool test - pathogen antigens found in the stool
- After performing endoscopy of GI, biopsy was taken in the stomach.