Human Disease Lab Series
The Muscular System
The Symptoms
This muscular disease is characterized by weakness in the arms and legs, slurred speech, difficulty breathing, chewing and swallowing, diplopia and ptosis.It is a lifelong disease with the primary goal of managing the activity of the immune system.
Diagnosis
How would you diagnose this muscular disease?What clinical diagnostic aids would you utilize in this process and why?
Misdiagnosis
With varying muscular diseases associated with the nervous system and immunity, what other disease processes might be considered prior to a formal diagnosis?
The Characteristics
Define the major characteristics associated with this muscular disease. Demonstrate at least three of these characteristics in a BioDigital Human model.
Characteristic I:
Characteristic II:
Characteristic III:
Systemic Implications
As mentioned on page 1, this muscular disease can affect multiple human systems. List and describe a systemic implication for each of the systems listed above.
Autoimmune Mechanism
This muscle disease is an autoimmune disorder. Write a page paper – Describe autoimmunity, as well as this muscle disease autoimmune process.
Create a Disease Tour
Now fully equipped with extensive knowledge regarding this disease and its associated processes, use the BioDigitalCreate a Tour feature to tell a compelling medical story. You may use any and/or all information within this lab to tell this medical story and create your BioDigital tour.
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