Case scenario A 19-year-old male visits his primary care physician with a sore throat, swollen lymph nodes, and extreme fatigue. During the visit, the nurse finds that he has a fever. The patient reports that he is attending his second year of college at a local university. The physician performs a physical examination, which confirms large, swollen, painful lymph nodes. He decides to send the patient to the office laboratory for blood work. He orders a complete blood count (CBC) and viral and bacterial studies. Question: 1. Based on the information obtained thus far, what does the laboratory analysis indicate? Explain your answer.
Case scenario A 19-year-old male visits his primary care physician with a sore throat, swollen lymph nodes, and extreme fatigue. During the visit, the nurse finds that he has a fever. The patient reports that he is attending his second year of college at a local university. The physician performs a physical examination, which confirms large, swollen, painful lymph nodes. He decides to send the patient to the office laboratory for blood work. He orders a complete blood count (CBC) and viral and bacterial studies. Question: 1. Based on the information obtained thus far, what does the laboratory analysis indicate? Explain your answer.
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Transcribed Image Text:Reference
Reference Range
Range
x 4.8–10.8
10uL
13.3
WBC
10%uL
Neutrophils
40%
60%-70%
53%
4.7-6.1
10IL
*20%
lymphocytes
are atypical
of 20%-30%
RBC
4.5 x 10PL
Lymphocytes
Hgb
14.1 g/dL
14-18 g/dL
Monocytes
7%
5%-10%
Hct
42%
42%-52%
Eosinophils
0%-5%
MCV 92L
80-100 L
Basophils
0%-2%
Absolute
MCH
27 pg
27-31 pg
5.32
1.4-6.5 x 10%uL
neutrophils
MCH
Absolute
33%
32% -36%
lymphocytes
7.05
1.2-3.4 x 10%UL
Absolute
RDW
14.3%
11.5%-14.5%
0.93
0.1-0.6 x 10%uL
monocytes
* Absolute
eosinophils
150-450
Pit
325 x 10L
10IL
0-0.5 x 10%uL
Absolute
MPV
9.5 L
7.4–10.4 L
0-0.2 x 10%uL
basophils

Transcribed Image Text:Case scenario
A 19-year-old male visits his primary care physician with a sore throat, swollen lymph nodes, and
extreme fatigue. During the visit, the nurse finds that he has a fever. The patient reports that he is
attending his second year of college at a local university. The physician performs a physical
examination, which confirms large, swollen, painful lymph nodes. He decides to send the patient to
the office laboratory for blood work. He orders a complete blood count (CBC) and viral and
bacterial studies.
Question:
1. Based on the information obtained thus far, what does the laboratory analysis indicate? Explain your
answer.
2. The patient's symptoms of fever and painful, swollen lymph nodes are caused by what innate immune
mechanisms? Explain your answer
3. About 50% of patients with chronic viral infection develop splenomegaly. Based on what you know
about the organs of the immune system, why would this condition develop?
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