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ABDOMINAL

GENERALISED LYMPHADENOPATHY

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A 25 years old patient was admitted to the infectious department on the third day of illness with complains on headache, backache, pain in calf muscles, high fever, chills. The state is moderate. Scleras are icterus. The tongue is dry, coated with dry brown cover. Abdomen is floated. Liver is + 2 cm. Spleen is not enlarged. Palpation of muscles, especially calf, is painful. Urine is dark. Feces are of normal color. What is the most probable diagnosis
A
Yersiniosis
B
Viral Hepatitis A
C
Malaria
D
Infectious mononucleosis
E
Leptospirosis
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Septic shock is the last and most severe stage of sepsis. Sepsis occurs when your immune system has an extreme reaction to an infection. The inflammation throughout your body can cause dangerously low blood pressure.

Detailed explanation-2: -The five periods of disease (sometimes referred to as stages or phases) include the incubation, prodromal, illness, decline, and convalescence periods (Figure 12.2. 1). The incubation period occurs in an acute disease after the initial entry of the pathogen into the host (patient).

Detailed explanation-3: -With respect to disease, the incubation period is defined as the time from exposure to an infectious agent until the time of first signs or symptoms of disease. The incubation period is followed by the period of clinical illness which is the duration between first and last disease signs or symptoms.

Detailed explanation-4: -incubation. prodromal. illness. decline. convalescence. 03-Mar-2021

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