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Bioscience Assignment Questions and Answers

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Bioscience Assignment Questions and Answers

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Running head: BIOSCIENCEBioscienceName of student:Name of university:Author note:
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1Answer to Question 1BIOSCIENCEAnswer to Question 11.1Tetanus is the infectitious disease caused by the organism Clostridium tetani. It is apathogenic bacteria, anaerobic in nature and has a rod shaped structure. The probability ofcontracting this infectious disease is very high. Thus, tetanus booster diseases are recommendedafter every 10 years one the first shot is taken. The spores of the C. Tetani are present in theenvironment in soil, manure; dust and form develop as full form bacteria after entering the host.They are extremely hardy and produce exotoxin that is fatal to human body. It results inconvulsive spasms of skeletal muscles and lockjaw. They are resistant to the antiseptics and heat.Since, Mary has suffered a wound; there is a high chance of infection, if contacted with thespores (Brüggemann et al., 2015). Thus, this organism is of concern in the present case study . 1.2The guidelines mentioned by the “Australian Immunisation Handbook”, instruct that thetetanus booster shots should be given to prevent tetanus infection. If an individual is at risk ofdeveloping the infection must receive the booster. Booster shots are best when patient isexperiencing the puncture wound and even if never received in the past. In this case, Mary’swound appears to be tetanus prone. She has suffered wound of 4 cm cut and hence it is justifiedto give booster dose (immunise.health.gov.au, 2017).
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2Answer to Question 1BIOSCIENCEAnswer to Question 22.1After the administration of the tetanus booster, the three wound observations are- 1.Redness at the wound edges and increase in temperature2.Swelling in the area around cut or wound3.Odorous and purulent discharge A sign is the objective information of disease, whereas the subjective evidence is thesymptom. The person other than the patent suffering from illness can observe sign. On thecontrary, the patients can only recognise the symptoms and it is not evident to third person(Marieb & Hoehn, 2016). In this, case the above three observations are thus signs and notsymptoms. Swelling, redness of the wound ad discharge is visible to everyone and the rise intemperature is evident by hot skin. 2.2Mary’s deep wound in her calf due to gardening has resulted in immune response in herbody. Immune response stimulates the inflammatory reactions that involves cascade of events.The first stage of the wound healing is the inflammatory process, which is followed by theproliferation and maturation. The classic signs of inflammatory response are heat, pain, redness,fever and swelling. The process of homeostasis begins after the wound has been inflicted. Theblood vessels tend to dilate to allow the antibodies, enzymes, white blood cells, and nutrients toenter into the affected area. Increase flow of blood in the affected area is due to vasodilation of
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