Overview Symptoms Diagnosis Treatment Management What is pharyngitis?Pharyngitis, or sore throat, is inflammation of the tissues and structures in your child's pharynx (throat). Pharyngitis is often caused by a virus or by bacteria. Common examples include a cold, the flu, mononucleosis (mono), ...
Viruses that cause cold sores or genital herpes, mononucleosis, chickenpox, and shingles that stay in your body and become active later Influenza (flu), measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles) viruses Polio or rabies virusesWhat increases my risk for viral encephalitis?Viral...
Laboratory values can indicate pancreatic cancer, but they are not specific or sensitive for cancer of the pancreas. A laboratory blood test known as carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9) is also used in the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. The normal range of CA 19-9 is between 0 and 37 ...
What are the clinical manifestations of infectious mononucleosis? How is the disease treated? What are some possible complications of the infection? A five year-old boy, suffering from running nose, headache and fever, got severe pain in his right ear. What is the diagnosis? Name at least one...
Describe the term mononucleosis. Describe the typical structure of a gland. List and describe the chief effects of the pineal gland. (a) What is the diagnosis of eczema disease? (b) How was it found? Labyrinthitis is an inflammation of the inner ear. What symptoms would you expect in...
Very elevated AST or ALT levels can indicate:65 Cirrhosis Heart problems Hepatitis Infection Liver cancer Liver disease Mononucleosis Pancreatitis Side effects of medication AST/ALT Ratio While it may seem that a high ALT is all that is needed to diagnose liver disease, its relationship to AST can...
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Antibody Test -If the previous test is negative, then the detection of antibodies against EBV may be helpful to confirm an infectious mononucleosis diagnosis. Treatments Antibiotics -With the help of antibiotics, tonsillitis can be treated if the infection is caused by ba...
Formation of an abscess behind the throat (retro-pharyngeal abscess) due to untreated or under-treatedstrep throatinfection can lead to severe illness causingpainin throat and neck,difficulty swallowing, and potential respiratory compromise. These abscesses may need to be drained by an ear-nose-thro...
(b) How does the physician arrive at a diagnosis when the patient presents with enlarged lymph nodes? A patient has swollen and painful submandibular lymph nodes. What might this indicate? What might be indicated if axillary nodes were swollen but not painful? ...
Which information should the nurse include when discussing the pathophysiology of infectious mononucleosis? A. A neoplastic proliferation of leukocyte precursor cells in the bone marrow B. An infection of B lymphocytes caused by the Epstein-Barr virus C. Compared ...