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a
disease
process
which
involves
at
least
three
organ
systems
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the
effact
of
the
disease
on
these
systems
must
be
detailed
in
the
initial
discussion
board
post.
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initial
post
should
include
the
following:
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Indicate
the
disease
to
be
discussed
*
Describe
disease
process,
including
common
symptoms
and
the
effect on
three
organ systems
*
Discuss
treatment
and
management
of
the
disease
*
Describe
how
science
equips
humans
to
participate
in
God's
redemptive
work
Initial
post
must
be
at
least
250
words
and
include
at
least
two
scholarly
sources.
Initial
post
should
not
exceed
600
words.
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sources
include
journal
articles,
manuscripts,
scholarly
textbooks,
and/or
internet
sites from
.edu or
gov
sources.
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internet
sites
from
.com,
.net,
.org,
etc.
as
the
information
contained
therein
is
not
often
peer
reviewed.
Replies:
Reply
to 2 classmates.
Discuss
the
main
causes
of
the
disease
described
by
your
classmate
and
how
it
is
diagnosed
by
a
medical
professional.
Then
outline
steps
to
prevent
(if
possible)
the
disease.
If
itis
not
possible
to
prevent
it,
explain
why.
Note:
the
disease
process
to
which
you
are
responding
in
each
of
your
replies
must
differ
from
the
disease
process
described
in
your
own
initial
thread.
In
addition,
each
reply
must
respond
to
different
disease
process.
Each
reply
post
must
include
a
scholarly
reference.
Initial
threads
must
be
submitted
by
11:59
p.m.
(ET)
on
Friday
of
Module/Week
6.
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word
count
for
initial
post
is
250
words.
Replies
must
be
submitted
by
11:59
p.m.
(ET)
on
Monday
of
the
same
module/week.
Replies
should
be
a
minimum
of
125
words.
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serious
academic
infringement.
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more
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and
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to
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it,
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this
website.
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responsible
for
any
plagiarism
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by
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of
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course.
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be
submitted
by
11:59
p.m. (ET)
on
Monday
ofthe
same
module/week.
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Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is a transmitted disease caused by the bacterial pathogen Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (Gagneux, 2018). This disease transmits from one person to another by air when
people sneeze, cough, snit, or speak. Tuberculosis causes many varying signs and symptoms like
fever, cough, weight loss, loss of appetite, night sweats, coughing blood or mucous, and
weakness or fatigue (Bloom et al., 2017). Notably, there are two forms of infection, active and
latent. People infected with latent infection do not develop signs and symptoms (Churchyard &
Swindells, 2019).
The disease process starts when a person becomes infected by breathing air containing
the bacterial pathogen. After that, the pathogen causes inflammation in the lungs, which causes
signs and symptoms described above. However, the disease is not limited to the lung (respiratory
system). The disease may reach other body systems if the respiratory system infection is not
treated as it can reach the central nervous system or the skeletomuscular system since the
infection can travel via the bloodstream, causing severe complications in body organs other than
the lungs. For instance, tuberculosis can affect the brain, bones, and joints. Infecting the brain
can cause coma or death, while bones and joints infections can cause movement morbidities.
The disease is treated by antibiotics in addition to other drugs that address signs and
symptoms. For patients with active tuberculosis, physicians usually prescribe antibiotics for an
extended period, as a six-month antibiotics regimen. The two most used antibiotics are isoniazid
and rifampicin (Aruldhas et al., 2019). However, physicians may prescribe other drugs to help
patients relieve signs and symptoms as giving antipyretic agents and drugs that reduce cough
severity.
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The mortality rate of tuberculosis is high; according to WHO (2020), about 1.4 million
people died from tuberculosis in 2019. Thus, humans use science and the ability to create
solutions derived from God’s blessing. Humans were able to find tuberculosis vaccines that
helped humanity from death. Vaccines protect humanity from high mortality rates of
tuberculosis. Thus, humans are participating in God's redemptive work.
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References
Aruldhas, B. W., Hoglund, R. M., Ranjalkar, J., Tarning, J., Mathew, S. K., Verghese, V. P., ...
& Mathew, B. S. (2019). Optimization of dosing regimens of isoniazid and rifampicin in
children with tuberculosis in India. British journal of clinical pharmacology, 85(3), 644-
654.
Bloom, B. R., Atun, R., Cohen, T., & Dye, C. H Fraser others. 2017.“. Tuberculosis.” In Disease
Control Priorities, Major Infectious Diseases.
Churchyard, G. J., & Swindells, S. (2019). Controlling latent TB tuberculosis infection in high-
burden countries: A neglected strategy to end TB. PLoS medicine, 16(4), e1002787.
Gagneux, S. (2018). Ecology and evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Nature Reviews
Microbiology, 16(4), 202-213.
WHO (2020). Tuberculosis. Retrieved from https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-
sheets/detail/tuberculosis
