NURS 6501 Module 1 Week 1 Discussion: Alterations in Cellular Processes WALDEN

Scenario: A 16-year-old boy comes to the clinic with a chief complaint of a sore throat for 3 days. Denies fever or chills. PMH negative for recurrent colds, influenza, ear infections, or pneumonia. NKDA or food allergies. Physical exam reveals temp of 99.6 F, pulse 78, and regular with respirations of 18. HEENT normal with exception of reddened posterior pharynx with white exudate on tonsils that are enlarged to 3+. Positive anterior and posterior cervical adenopathy. A rapid strep test performed in the office was positive. His HCP wrote a prescription for amoxicillin 500 mg PO q 12 hours x 10 days disp #20. He took the first capsule when he got home and immediately complained of swelling of his tongue and lips, difficulty breathing with audible wheezing. 911 was called and he was taken to the hospital, where he received emergency treatment for his allergic reaction. The role genetics plays in the disease. According to McCance and Huether (2019), genetic diseases are caused by single genes that follow either autosomal recessive, autosomal dominant, or Xlinked recessive modes of inheritance (pg. 158). The authors noted that recurrence poses a risk that future offspring will inherit a genetic disease, and for the offspring who have the autosomal dominant disorder, the chances are 50%. Also, both males and females are affected equally by the inheritance of autosomal recessive diseases (pg. 158).