Saturday, September 26, 2015

interesting medical cases

There is a whole lot of normal here- hypertension, diabetes, gastritis, anxiety, headaches, etc. etc.  Sometimes it makes me a bit jaded, then an interesting case comes along

7 year old with LFTs in the 800s, yellow eyes- probably Hep A
21 month old with sickle cell anemia, possible pain crisis
hemorrhaghic dengue
21 year old with CHF from unrepaired VSD, cardiomyopathy, now in atrial fibrillation
chicken pox
malaria
Chikungunya virus