phils even though their number has not changed. That is why the AIDS patient’s elevated neutrophil percentage does not necessarily mean she has a bacterial infection too. One patient has an acute bacterial infection. His neutrophil count should show elevated numbers of new neutrophils (bands) rushing in to fight the infection. He also may show elevated total neutrophils One patient has viral mononucleosis. Her lymphocyte count is high because more lymphocytes are rushing into her blood to fight this virus. Some lymphocytes may look atypical with jagged edges. Her spleen is swollen. She is a community college student. One patient has an acute parasitic infection
- Below are descriptions of the patients the class is evaluating.Determine which patient best correlates with
your data.
One patient has AIDS. Her lymphocyte count is low because HIV destroys Helper T lymphocytes. Her other WBCs percentages seem to be high, but that is only an illusion. Here is why. Pretend you have a fruit basket with five oranges and five apples. Each fruit is 50% of the total. Now take four apples out of the basket. The percentage of oranges in the basket increases to 83% even though their number has not changed. In the same way, decreasing the number of lymphyocytes increases the percentage of neutrophils even though their number has not changed. That is why the AIDS patient’s elevated neutrophil percentage does not necessarily mean she has a bacterial infection too.
One patient has an acute bacterial infection. His neutrophil count should show elevated numbers of new neutrophils (bands) rushing in to fight the infection. He also may show elevated total neutrophils
One patient has viral mononucleosis. Her lymphocyte count is high because more lymphocytes are rushing into her blood to fight this virus. Some lymphocytes may look atypical with jagged edges. Her spleen is swollen. She is a community college student.
One patient has an acute
Your patient’s letter: _____
Diagnosis: ________________________
Explanation as to why you made this diagnosis:
The diagnosis are made with the physical and clinical evaluation of the patient presentation:-
Diagnosis is an important part where its the critical decision making process
Here differential Diagnosis also holds charity of what patients are suffering.
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