Advanced Practice Nurse Adaptive Response

The human body is capable of developing adaptive responses in order to deal with foreign invaders. The body has the capability of shaping itself in certain ways in order for it to respond to various attacks, body exhaustion, or body injury. This paper will analyze the adaptive responses that are seen as symptoms for various scenarios, In the first scenario, the two-year-old is experiencing a running temperature and a sore throat, which is diagnosed as a throat infection or tonsillitis.

The second scenario is diagnosed as allergic contact dermatitis, and the third is diagnosed as depression. Scenario 1 The disorder that is depicted in the scenario is throat infection of tonsillitis. According to Bathala and Eccles (2013) this infection could have been caused by bacteria known as streptococcus, which causes the inflammation of the tonsils and also affects the surrounding areas. The body's adaptive responses to the throat infection are having a hurting throat and fever.

Jennifer experiencing a high than normal temperature is one of her body's adaptive responses when her body cells are fighting the virus or bacterial infection. The body could also react through dysphasia, headaches, and loss of appetite. The child is also experiencing tympanic membranes that are reddened on the periphery and erythematous of tonsils that are defused in the exudates (Oomen, Modi, & Stewart, 2012). In children, having a fever of up to 104 is not too harmful since in this case the body is fighting or reacting to the infection.

The viral illness would last between 2 to 3 days and it is not always a reflection of a serious illness. Having a sore throat in young children in mostly caused by a viral infection of the throat. There is no specific medication that is required to treat these symptoms and Jennifer should be better in seven to ten days. Scenario 2 The disorder depicted in the second scenario is that of allergic dermatitis.

The irritant contact dermatitis is the inflammation which is caused when certain substances found in the workplace come into contact with the person's skin. The most common signs are redness of the skin, blisters, and scales. These symptoms might not occur at the same time, but they are dependent on the individual's skin and type of chemicals. The body's adaptive response to the localized injury tissues is to produce signs of inflammation, which include redness of the spot, heat, pain, and swelling.

Contact dermatitis symptoms will develop shortly after handling short exposure, prolonged but low exposure to chemical substances. The patient was exposed to mild irritant chemical that resulted in the redness of their skin and itchiness. With continued exposure to the mild irritant chemicals, the patient will experience small lesions and sores on the reddened area, which will lead to the formation of crusts and scales (Hamilton & de Gannes, 2011).

The irritant action of the chemical substances changes the properties of the skin resulting in toxic substances being exposed to the cells. The substances also have the ability to remove moisture and oil from the outer skin, which reduces the protective ability of the skin. Acute inflammation occurs due to the cells and tissues attempting to develop a defensive response to the substances. Scenario 3 The disorder demonstrated in this scenario is depression. There are many factors and a combination of issues that will result to depression.

For Martha, depression was triggered by the increased burden of having to take care of her mother. The patient did not expect to be in this circumstance when she retired. Her lack of sleep or difficulty sleeping and a general lack of interest in life are her body's adaptive responses (Morey et al., 2010). When sadness and grief linger for long or becomes severe it turns to depression.

Depression is normally not diagnosed in elderly people because it is mostly dismissed as part of aging or an acceptable response to stress (Iaboni &.