Question

Mrs.B.I., 84 y/o woman was diagnosed with bacterial pneumonia.

i need to know:

a) a description of the normal physiology of the organ/tissue/system affected by bacterial pneumonia

- What are the major structures of the organ/tissue/system?

-How does the organ/tissue/system typically adapt or adjust to daily deviations from homeostasis?

B) what are the signs and symptoms. and what alterations in physiological function occur during this condition.

C) and a description of the process of disease development and how does it compare to normal physiology

Answer 1

• a)- tissue is infected, there is an inflammatory response leads to accumulation of pus.

​​​​​homeostasis:- maintain a stable internal environment is called homeostasis. The body maintain homeostasis by following

• respiratory system:- a high concentration of CO2;in the blood triggers faster breathing, the lung removes CO2 from the body quickly.
• Excretory system:- the kidneys produce more concentrated urine so less water is lost from the body.

​​​​​​​b)few symptoms like- coughing, fever, sweating/chill, chest pain, shortness of breathing, feeling tiredness/fatigue.

c) mostly pneumonia occurs when breakdown of defence mechanism, and it allows germs to invade and multiply in our lungs.

• to destroy the attacking organisms, the white blood cells rapidly accumulate along with bacteria &fungi they fill the air sacs within our lungs (alveoli) and leads to difficulty in breathing.