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Module 2 Assignment: Immune System Disorders

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Module 2 Assignment: Immune System Disorders

Write your introduction to the paper here. Introductions typically include a brief summary of what the purpose of your paper is. In scholarly writing, refer to yourself as “this author” instead of “I” or “me”. For example, this author is aware that there are many different types of immune system disorders including Type II diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Peanut Allergy (or any type of allergy), Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn, Myasthenia gravis, Graves’ disease, lymphocytic thyroiditis, Immune complex glomerulonephritis, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, DiGeorge syndrome, HIV/AIDS, Asthma, Eczema, Allergic rhinitis, cancers, and many others.

Pathophysiology of XXXX

Here include the pathophysiology of the immune system disorder or cancer that you chose for this paper. Remember that pathophysiology includes pathogenesis, etiology/risk factors, and clinical manifestations. This section is worth up to 10 points. Try to use your own words instead of cutting and pasting, this helps you learn, and demonstrates your understanding of the information. If you do need to “borrow” someone else’s words, because you really can’t figure out how to restate it, make sure to use “” around the short phrase and use in-text citations (Last name, year, page #). See the APA guide for more.

This section should also include more than one example of how the disorder impacts a person who has it.

Treatment of XXXX

In this section include detailed treatment options (more than 1) with expected outcomes for the immune system disorder you chose. Detailed is not just making a list, but providing information about the treatment, how it works, what the expected outcome it, how long it lasts, side effects, etc… This section is worth up to 20 points.

Interview

Here you can include your interview with your chosen person. The interview section is worth up to 15 points. Here are some ideas of questions you can use to guide your interview. Which immune system disorder do you have? How long have you had this disorder? How has this disorder changed your life (home and work)? Are you able to carry out daily activities independently? What therapies are you using to manage this disorder? What, if any, side effects does the treatment have? Wondering how to cite your interview in APA? Go here:You will find that you do not create a reference in the reference section. Instead you would include the source (the person you are interviewing) in text. Make sure in this section you are able to show the relationship between the person you are interviewing with the immune system disorder and the pathophysiology

Conclusion

Here is where you wrap everything up that you discussed in this paper in a couple of sentences. Remember to go back and review for spelling, grammar, and APA. The mechanics of the paper are worth up to 5 points. You must use 2-3 evidence-based articles from peer-reviewed journals or scholarly sources to support your findings or identify therapies that are new or different from what the person you are interviewing uses. Do not forget about the resources you have available to you! Here is information on how to use the writing lab: and here is information on how to use Grammarly:

References

Author’s Last Name, First initial. Middle initial. (Year). Title of article. Journal Title, Volume Number(Issue number), Page numbers. http://URL for journal home page OR database permalink