Fill in the blank with the correct medical term.
A 76-year-old female patient visited a (1) ____________ for the first time. She had been experiencing a variety of problems associated with blood disease, so her primary care physician referred her to this specialist. She had already been on many different (2) ____________ to help her fight (3) ____________. But so far, the physicians had not been able to determine the cause of her problems and were calling her disease process (4) ____________.
She has a history of a number of blood (5) ____________ and is currently suffering from (6) ____________ in her feet and hands. There is a history of (7) ____________ in her family. Her problems do not seem to be those of (8) ____________. The doctor is concerned that she might have a(n) (9) ____________ caused by her own immune response attacking her otherwise healthy tissues. She does have a history of many (10) ____________ but has never had an episode of (11) ____________.
The doctor performs a number of blood tests to rule out certain diseases. Her test results indicate no (12) ____________, or a reduced number of platelets; no (13) ____________ or presence of red blood cells of unequal size; no (14) ____________, or abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells; and no (15) ____________, or irregularly shaped red blood cells. This is all good news.
However, on physical exam, the physician determines that the patient’s (16) ____________ is enlarged, a condition known as (17) ____________. If her spleen is injured or infected, she might require a(n) (18) ____________, or removal of the spleen. Her (19) ____________ and (20) ____________ are within normal limits. She does not have (21) ____________. It is unlikely she has contracted a disease such as (22) ____________, as there is no history of a puncture injury. The doctor will consider the possibility that she has an infection, such as a(n) (23) ____________, or a(n) (24) ____________, which is resistant to (25) ____________ therapy.
The specialist will consider many possible causes of her problems before he prescribes any medication or treatment. It is imperative that he work quickly, however, as this patient could quickly develop (26) ____________, a system-wide disease caused by the presence of bacteria and their toxins in the circulating blood. He will have to run more (27) ____________ and (28) ____________tests on her. He will check her clotting time, or (29) ____________, to determine if she is likely to (30) ____________. This will be important to know if she should need a(n) (31) ____________.
(1) hematologist
(2) antibiotics
(3) infection.
(4) idiopathic.
(5) dyscrasias
(6) edema
(7) Hodgkin lymphoma
(8) communicable disease.
(9) autoimmune disease,
(10) allergies,
(11) anaphylaxis.
(12) thrombopenia,
(13) anisocytosis,
(14) polycythemia,
(15) poikilocytosis,
(16) spleen
(17) splenomegaly
(18) splenectomy
(19) hemoglobin
(20) hematocrit
(21) anemia.
(22) tetanus,
(23) staphylococcemia
(24) streptococcemia,
(25) antibiotic
(26) septicemia,
(27) blood chemistry and
(28) blood culture
(29) coagulation time,
(30) hemorrhage.
(31) blood transfusion.
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