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Need help with questions 1-3 :) thanks Hold the Onions and en She had suffered from mild flu-like symptoms-anorexis, nausea Evety Friday night, Darlene and her husband would eat out. It was a time to relax joy each other's company and enjoy a good meal. This Friday, however, not be one of those nights. This whole week had not been a good one. Anorexia-Not having an appetite for food and vomiting. malaise, myalgia, a mild headache, and a low-grade fever. Although she should have stayed home from work, her local employer who provided vacation Malaise A general feeling of being unwell pay sick days, and excellent health insurance had been bought out by a larger lgia - Muscle aches campany. She was happy to still have minimal health insurance coverage, but longer received paid vacation or sick days. "Living paycheck to paycheck doesn't allow for any time to be sick," she thought, but now she had no choice. She had developed jaundice, her urine had turned dark, and she suffered from Jaundice A yellowish dacoloration of the skin and eyes caused by increased levels of bilirubin n the blood abdominal pain. 1. What infectious diseases are associated with jaundice? Hepatitis- Inflammation of the liver 2. What pathogens are associated with these diseases? . Jaundice indicates damage to which organ? Her family physician did an examination, took a blood and asked questions about her history. Had she traveled overseas recently, did she use IV drugs, and did she eat at a pop- ular local restaurant in suburban Pittsburgh? Darlene laughed at the questions and told the doctor that a 60-year-old lady like her couldn't afford to miss work, much less travel or waste money on illegal drugs. She did express her love of Mexican food and said that she had eaten at the restaurant in question last month during one of their Friday night outings. The physi- cian explained that a large outbreak of hepatitis had been traced to the restaurant and several hundred people had become ill. The suspected source was green onions imported from Mexico that were used to prepare the mild salsa. Figure 1. A patient with jaundice cause 4. Why did the physician ask Darlene these questions if he suspected she had by the pathogen hepatitis? 5. What test is used to identify the presence of a hepatitis-causing virus? 6. Which hepatitis-causing virus is most likely the cause of Darlene's illness? 7. How could green onions imported from Mexico be the source of the pathogen? Although frustrated that her pleasant evening out may be the cause of her llness, Darlene was confident she could recover quickly now that the doctor new what disease was causing her problems. She was hoping he could prescribe n antibiotic and she could be back to work on Monday. Hold the C

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Answers for Q 1,1, and 3

There are three types of jaundice:

Yellow discoloration of the skin and the whites of the eyes happens in all types of jaundice.

Viral hepatitis is most commonly caused by Hepatitis A virus(HAV), Hepatitis B virus(HBV) and Hepatitis C virus (HCV). These three viruses can all result in acute disease with symptoms of jaundice,nausea, abdominal pain, fatigue and malaise.

Jaundice mainly affects the functioning of liver. Jaundice affects liver by obstructing removal of dead RBCs properly. Patients with jaundice have the blood cells containing a chemical called bilirubin. This Bilirubin in RBCs causes the yellow coloring of the skin and eyes.

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