1.+What are the main symptoms found on this patient?- According to the patient's history and presentations, what are the probable issues that you will need to think of?

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Lin, a 5-year-11-month boy. He had a fever 20 days ago with no-obvious trigger and reached-
the highest oral temperature of 40°C, no obvious cough, runny nose, vomiting. headache.
dizziness, melena, urinary frequency, urgency, and dysuria but had nose bleeding. He visited a
local hospital and underwent a blood-routine test: WBC 8.7X 10°/L. N 21%. RBC 3.36X 10/L.
BPC 75 X 10°L, Hb 109g/L; peripheral blood smear shows: atypical cells 29%. The local hospital
suspected "infectious mononucleosis", thus intravenous ganciclovir was given and his blood was
extracted to check for anti-EBV antibody simultaneously.
1.- What are the main symptoms found on this patient? According to the patient's history and-
presentations, what are the probable issues that you will need to think of?
Transcribed Image Text:Lin, a 5-year-11-month boy. He had a fever 20 days ago with no-obvious trigger and reached- the highest oral temperature of 40°C, no obvious cough, runny nose, vomiting. headache. dizziness, melena, urinary frequency, urgency, and dysuria but had nose bleeding. He visited a local hospital and underwent a blood-routine test: WBC 8.7X 10°/L. N 21%. RBC 3.36X 10/L. BPC 75 X 10°L, Hb 109g/L; peripheral blood smear shows: atypical cells 29%. The local hospital suspected "infectious mononucleosis", thus intravenous ganciclovir was given and his blood was extracted to check for anti-EBV antibody simultaneously. 1.- What are the main symptoms found on this patient? According to the patient's history and- presentations, what are the probable issues that you will need to think of?
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