Question

7/24/2019 HESI Case Study Meet the Client: Terry Bames Terry Barnes, a 35-year-old mother of three young children, visits the healthcare clinic. She reports experiencing increasing bilateral joint pain, especially in her hands, wrists, and knees. She also reports increasing fatigue and a weight loss of 5 pounds over the last 2 months. She states she has been taking a couple of aspirins a day, but the joint pain is increasing, and she is hesitant to take more medication without a medical evaluation. She appears tense and anxious, and states that she is upset because it is becoming increasingly more difficult to do all the little things necessary to care for her three children. She states, "I'm too young to have arthritis. That's something you get when you're old." Terry's initial medical diagnosis is rheumatoid arthritis, and she is scheduled for diagnostic evaluation,

Answer 1

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disease which involves in the inflammatory process of the synovial membrane which is present in between the joints.

It is very commonly seen in many individuals nowadays and are considered to be most common joint disease in older adults.

Here the signs and symptoms of Ms Terry Barnes are that of rheumatoid arthritis . It is not necessary for an individual to get old to get this disease . According to Gynther and Tronje in the year 1998 has stated that it is very common to get the signature and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis between the age of 35- 45 years. But before the age of 35 the clinical symptoms may vary from mild joint pain to joint and walking discomfort etc.