Business Question

Instructions

Please compose a well-thought-out response. Use the Medical Terminology Language in your own words to create your post. Postings that say only “I agree” or “Me too” without providing any other additional information will not be scored. Such posts do not provide any evidence that you have thought about the topic and do not count toward having completed this activity. Additionally, your posts must be professional, well organized, grammatically correct, free of misspellings, include medical terms to enhance your post to receive full credit.

Scenario:

Integumentary Discussion A 6-year-old is brought to the pediatric clinic by her mother, who states that the child has been experiencing hair loss over the last week. The child has no systemic symptoms.

Medical Record:

On physical examination, this six-year-old child exhibits signs and symptoms of alopecia areata. She has ring-shaped lesions located on her left posterior scalp with raised papules along the rim with notable alopecia near the lesions. There is minor inflammation with erythema, no pruritus, or ecchymosis. Two weeks ago, she had flu-like symptoms with fever and diaphoresis and then developed impetigo in the left chin area with pyoderma crusted blisters which are healing now.

Orders:

Blood work is ordered to determine if the patient has an autoimmune disease. Instructed to use sunscreen and to wear a cap while outside in the sun.

Part 1 Your initial Post :

The mother asks you for an explanation of the above medical note. She does not understand the terminology, or what the health care provider told her.

1. Explain the patient’s condition in layman’s terms to the mother, using BOLD font for each medical word used and define the term. (You must use all the underlined terms in the medical record provided). Your initial post will contain a paragraph that should include a thorough conversation as if you were face-to-face with the mother.

2. At the end of your initial post, explain the treatment option that may be ordered for the patient.

3. Then as an additional follow-up question that parents might ask about the child’s condition.