Megan is a 16-year-old girl presents to the ED with complaints of a headache, sore throat, chills, malaise, and fatigue for the past week. On physical examination, you assess she has an enlarged liver and spleen, and she has enlarged lymph nodes in the anterior and posterior chains of her neck. Her CBC results indicate her leukocyte count is very high at 18,000cells/ μL. Megan states three other kids at school have been sick this past week with similar symptoms.
Why is Megan’s immune system reacting this way?
Megan tells you she is afraid she will die because one of the students who had the same disorder told her, “We are going to have this all our lives.” What can you say to relieve her fears?
***Instructions
Disscussion of 250 min 300 words max
required sources a scholarly source. A scholarly source is a full-text, peer-reviewed nursing (or related) journal article published within the last five years (2013-2018).
You can also include other sources in addition to the required sources such as the ANA textbook(s) or other credible sources such as those with .org or .gov in the URL. Please note: websites with .com in the URL (i.e., WebMD, Health.com, Livestrong, etc.); blogs; and Wikipedia are NOT accepted sources.
