Your 32 year old female patient has been complaining of feeling tired, lack of energy, and being slightly short of breat
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Your 32 year old female patient has been complaining of feeling tired, lack of energy, and being slightly short of breat
Your 32 year old female patient has been complaining of feeling tired, lack of energy, and being slightly short of breath when exercising. Your examination of the patient reveals pallor skin and gums as well as tachycardia. 1. Based on the patients signs & symptoms what is your initial Diagnosis? You decide to confirm your diagnosis by ordering a routine CBC (complete blood count) which came back with the results shown below. Test D Result Abn Normal Units 3.11 9.5 28.5 20*3/mm3 10-6/mm3 g/dl um 3 ро gida WBC REC нст MCV MCH MCHC RDW PET MTV 1. YM LYMO MON MONO A GRAR 92 30.0 33.6 14.9 262 7.2 27.3 1.2 5.0 (3.5 - 10 (3.8 - 5. > (11 - 16.5 35 - 50 BO > (26.5 - 33.5 > 31.5 - 35 > 10 - 15 150 -450 ) - 11 > (17 - 48 1.2 - 3.2 > 4 - 10 > 0.3 -0.8 - 76 > - 5. 10-3/mm3 um-3 10m3/ m3 10-3/mm3 0.2 67. 3.4 10-3/mm3 2. What blood values would you be looking at to confirm your diagnosis? 3. Does her blood work correlate with her signs & symptoms? Explain your answer. 4. List 2 possible reasons causing her condition:
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