For this assignment, you will need to pick a disease that affects the nervous, cardiovascular, or respiratory system and then answer the following questions about the disease in an essay format. To answer these questions, you must use at least 3 outside sources. These sources can be primary sources such as a journal article that reports the results of original research or a secondary source such as a review article or book. You may NOT use a web page. Each question should be answered thoroughly and in a straightforward manner. You can either copy and paste your essay into the answer area or you can upload a file.
Please answer the following questions in your essay:
1. What is the name or names of the disease?
2. What are the symptoms of the disease?
3. What is/ are the organ system/s involved in the disease?
4. What has gone wrong in the disease? Be sure to describe the mechanism of the disease. This part of your answer may include a description of how the system works normally and should also include cause and effect for how things go wrong.
5. Who is susceptible to this disease? Does it strike one part of hte population more frequently than others? Be sure to include percentages.
6. Does this disease need to be treated, or is it something a person can live with indefinitely?
7. What is the current standard for curing this disease or reducing its symptoms and how does it work? Be sure to include the mechanism.
8. Give the citations for the 3 sources you used.
9. What are the credentials of the authors of your sources (ie: is the author a medical doctor , a Ph.d., etc.)? In other words, why should you believe them?