2.2.5 Reflection and Conclusion Questions:
Reflection Questions:
1. Think about what life would be like for your patient. What other physicians, researchers,
caregivers, or therapy providers may be able to help treat, cure, or improve life for your patient?
a. The patient would have to have a caregiver take care of them since they would start to
become physically and mentally dependent upon others. Alzheimer’s is basically a spedup process of becoming really old. Keeping that in mind, the patient would have to be
care for by everyone around them.
2. Brainstorm and describe at least two types of medical inventions that may help your patients
a. One medical invention could be some sort of Nano-chip which could be surgically
implanted into the brain to help with processing information which previously was a
challenge
b. Another medical invention that could help my patient would be a bot which could
support and help the patient 24-7
Conclusion Questions:
1. The disease you investigated involved a problem in the nervous system. Explain how other body
systems were impacted by this error.
a. Alzheimer’s Disease can impact the muscular system and can slow down the process of
walking. It can also mess up coordination and balance.
2. Explain why even when their bodies seem to be failing, people with ALS have all of their mental
functions and their sense intact.
a. People with ALS lose motor control over time. However, while their motor neurons are
affected, the interneurons in their brain and their sensory neurons are not, so they
retain their mental functions and senses.