Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Instructions Read the information below. Do not plainly answer the questions You will hand in your work on a separate piece of paper. Please put your information in paragraph form. Include any information you have found which helped you to answer your questions. The conk out Job you do of explaining your results, the more points you will receive. Best wishes and remember to marshal all resources A 34-year-old male from India presents with slowly progressive discovered fell attaches and nodules accompanied by a strange deformity of the nose.The patient has a history of nasal stuffiness and slightly nasal discharge which is roughly wrinkley he also reports loss of libido. A physical question reveals the following leonine faces loss of eyebrows and eyelashes nodules on the sclera a downcast nasal bridge adipose fat deposits in the breast testicular atrophy many symmetrical, flat, discovered areas on the skin without defined borders legion(predicate) nodules & broad, raised are as on the skin partial loss of pinprick and temperature sensation no noticed changes symmetrically enlarged lunar and common personal nerves.A blood work-up was ordered and the CB showed mild anemia. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate was slightly elevated. Swabs were interpreted from the skin patches and they revealed numerous acid-fast bacilli on modified ZEN staining. 1. What illness does this patient have? (be specific ) 2. What Is the causative organism? 3. What are some of the complications seen associated with this disease? 4. What Is the mode of transmission of this disease? 5. What Is the recommended treatment for this disease?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.