Question: An eleven ear old boy living in an isolated village as experiencing distension, in a period of si…
Show transcribed image text An eleven ear old boy living in an isolated village as experiencing distension, in a period of sixteen days. He complained of feeling wcak. bothering him. His mother noticed trace of blood in his urine. The child was taken hospital. His past medical history as significant for a recent episode of gelling of self-limiting conditions. A phexam generalized edema (langea). Basic the abdomen and genitalia There is tenderness on palpation to the abdomenano blood chemistry is within normal limits A serum antistreptoly sin significant degree of hypoalbuminemia. Urinal sis demonstrates proieinuna blood (hematuria), as well some hemoglobin casts in the urine (hemog hospitalized and placcd on a tapering prednisone therapy. What is the significance of the antistreptolysin O antibody finding? Why was prednisone initiated? Should this patient be placed on a special diet? Whal is or should be the goal of this treatment regimen? What could have caused the and edema?
An eleven ear old boy living in an isolated village as experiencing distension, in a period of sixteen days. He complained of feeling wcak. bothering him. His mother noticed trace of blood in his urine. The child was taken hospital. His past medical history as significant for a recent episode of gelling of self-limiting conditions. A phexam generalized edema (langea). Basic the abdomen and genitalia There is tenderness on palpation to the abdomenano blood chemistry is within normal limits A serum antistreptoly sin significant degree of hypoalbuminemia. Urinal sis demonstrates proieinuna blood (hematuria), as well some hemoglobin casts in the urine (hemog hospitalized and placcd on a tapering prednisone therapy. What is the significance of the antistreptolysin O antibody finding? Why was prednisone initiated? Should this patient be placed on a special diet? Whal is or should be the goal of this treatment regimen? What could have caused the and edema?
