lymphatic system disorders?I am doing a project on the lymphatic system and need some help with these questions:
Patty Hourihan is a strict environmentalist and a new mother. Although she is very much against using disposable diapers, she is frustrated by the fact that her infant breaks out in a diaper rash when she uses cloth diapers. Since new cloth diapers do not cause the rash, but washed ones do, what do you think the problem is?
James, a 36-year-old engineer, appeared at the clinic in an extremely debilitated condition. He had purple-brown lesions on his skin and a persistent cough. A physical examination reveled swollen lymph nodes. Laboratory tests revealed a low lymphocyte count. Information tken during the personal history revelaed that James was homosexual. The skin lesions proved to be evidence of Kaposi's sarcoma. What is James's problem?
I'm thinking this is the human herpesvirus 8 and he got it from his partner...
Posted by Amaretta
1) Sounds like an allergic reaction to the soap being used to wash the diapers.
2) Kaposi's sarcoma usually occurs in elderly men and homosexuals infected with HIV. Since James is also debilitated, he probably has AIDS.
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