Chronic kidney disease

Chronic kidney disease Stage 3b

Directive
A patient presents for treatment to your homeopathic clinic with a medical diagnosis of one of the four following conditions (you choose which of these conditions you want to discuss).
● Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
● Chronic Kidney disease Stage 3b
● Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
● Ulcerative colitis
For your chosen condition complete the following sections:

1) What is the epidemiology and aetiology of the patient’s condition? Are there any predisposing factors?  Explore any reasons that might explain the statistics and facts that you are finding. For example it might be that there is country to country variation, ethnic variation or variations in male: female. (10%)

2) Describe the pathophysiological processes involved in the disease. (15%)

3) Distinguish the main signs and symptoms that the patient will present with for your chosen condition. (10%)

4) Determine which standard medical tests the patient may be subjected to relevant to your chosen condition. For each test discern what would be the expected results bearing in mind the chosen condition. (10%)

5) Consider if there are any red flags associated with the condition that you should be aware of. Assess any changes that might be seen in the patient’s case whilst they have homeopathic treatment that may cause you to refer back to the patient’s GP. (10%)

6) Discuss the main orthodox medical treatment for the condition (don’t forget this may include other methods besides pharmaceutical drugs). Consider when one treatment strategy may be favoured over another (15%).

7) From a therapeutic perspective choose three main remedies that could be used in the treatment of the patient’s condition and justify your choices through the correlation of the remedy picture to the condition’s symptom picture (20%).

8) Consider any relevant adjunctive advice the patient may benefit from (this may include lifestyle changes, nutritional advice, use of tinctures, dealing with maintaining causes etc) (10%).

Total word count: 2000 words

NOTE 1: The percentages refer to the weighting you should give regarding the length of answer/explanation. This is not a mark allocation weighting.
NOTE 2: Students’ critical analysis of their reasoning abilities and clear, logical, coherent presentation; evidence of study and research; organisation of information and use of authorities; legible, grammatical style and presentation within the required length will also be taken into account.
Students are encouraged to use diagrams, tables, bullet points etc where appropriate. All diagrams and tables should have titles and be referred to in the text. If necessary, they should also have citations alongside them. The work should be fully referenced according to the Harvard
(Bournemouth University) referencing style