Toxic shock syndrome

Toxic shock syndrome

You will write a 4-8 page paper examining the pathophysiology of a complex, multi-system disease process.

A complex, multi-system disease process is defined as a condition or disorder that either affects the whole body or involves multiple organs.  Your textbook uses diabetes as an example of a complex, multi-system disease process; while fundamentally a disease of dysfunctional glucose regulation, it affects nearly every system in the body and leads to altered elimination, altered perfusion, and so on.

You may select any complex, multi-system disease process that interests you except diabetes–the text has covered this disease in great detail.  Some examples of disease process which may be explored include chronic kidney disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren’s syndrome, or vasculitis.  There are, of course, many other diseases which would be appropriate to explore as nearly every disease process in the human body affects more than one physiologic system.

The essay should include four major sections.

1. First, you should describe the altered physiology that leads to the disease state you have chosen.  This may include more than one specific alteration.

2. Second, you should describe the clinical manifestations present in the disease, and explain why these manifestations present using pathophysiologic concepts to form your explanation.

3. Third, you should explain how the physiologic alteration causes multi-system alterations in function.

4. Finally, you should describe the treatment modalities used to restore normal function and give a simple explanation as to how the normal function is restored.

Your must follow APA format with appropriate citations.

I selected Toxic Shock Syndrome