You will pick a disease for your pathophysiology paper. The disease must be for one of the organ systems covered this term listed in the syllabus. Select a disease from current events that is an emerging or reemerging concern to you or people in your area. Provide local epidemiological data for the disease.
Paper Format
The paper must be in APA format.
You must have a title page.
You must have 2-5 pages in the body of the paper.
You must have a reference page.
The total of the paper with the title page, body, and reference should be 4-7 pages.
You cannot submit a paper previously written for this or any other class.
Just a reminder that plagiarism is not permitted. You must submit your own work! Don’t forget to provide your in-text citations.
Your paper must include:
Introduction to the disease and the organ system (history, signs, symptoms, epidemiology etc.)
Discussion of the normal anatomy and physiology of the organ system involved (cell and tissue populations involved, organs, primary functions, connections to other body systems)
Discussion of the changes to the anatomy and physiology as a result of the disease (pathophysiology)
Discussion of treatment/prevention options
3 primary and at least 2 secondary scholarly sources 🙂
Approved Diseases for Pathophysiology Research Paper
1. acoustic neuroma
2. alkaptonuria
3. Anderson-Tawil syndrome
4. Angelman syndrome
5. Barth syndrome
6. Batten disease
7. Behchet’s disease
8. Canavan disease
9. Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
10. Cognan syndrome
11. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
12. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
13. epidermolysis bullosa
14. Fabry disease
15. fibrous dysplasia
16. Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease
17. Gorham-Stout
18. Harlequin ichthyosis
19. Hutchison-Gilford progeria
20. Kennedy’s disease
21. keratoconus
22. Krabbe disease
23. Leigh’s disease
24. marble bone disease
25. Marfan syndrome
26. Meniere’s disease
27. osteitis fibrosa
28. Paget’s disease
29. paramyotonia congenita
30. Parry-Romberg syndrome
31. Pompe disease
32. Refsum disease
33. retinoblastoma
34. Reye’s syndrome
35. Sandhoff disease
36. Stargardt disease
37. stone man syndrome
38. Treacher Collins syndrome
39. Usher syndrome
40. xeroderma pigmentosum