Case Study Assignment Requirements:

Make sure all of the topics in the case study have been addressed.

Cite at least three references in your case study paper; this may include peer-reviewed journal articles, textbooks, or evidence-based practice websites to support the content.

• All reference sources must be within 5 years.
• Do not use sources such as Wikipedia or UpToDate as a reference.
• Assignments must have at least four full pages of analytic content, double-spaced (the cover and reference pages do not count in the page count, but must be included with the assignment), and follow APA 7th edition format.
• Case Study 4: Inflammation, Tissue Repair, and Wound Healing 
• Carlton, a 6-year-old boy, was playing on a sandy beach with his mother. He began to run along the shoreline when he stepped on the sharp edge of a shell, giving himself a deep cut on his foot. His mother washed his foot in the lake and put on his running shoe to take him home. One day later, Carlton’s foot looked worse. The gash was red and painful. The foot was warm to touch and appeared swollen. Carlton’s mom put some gauze over the wound and prepared to take him to the local community health clinic.
• What is the physiologic mechanism causing the wound to become red, hot, swollen, and painful? How is this different from the inflammatory response that might occur in an internal organ?
• What are the immunologic events that are happening at the local level during Carlton’s acute inflammatory response?

Nutrition plays an important factor in wound healing. What stages of wound healing would be affected by a deficiency in vitamins A and C?