Question

A 35-year-old man is admitted to the hospital with a suspected viral infection. What is the best method of determining whether or not it is a viral infection?

Answer 1

We would probably look for viral antibodies, in the person's blood. It's kind of like when we test for AIDS. That's a viral disease. What we do is we look at the person's blood. If we see antibodies that match up to the HIV, then we know that the person is HIV positive, and will probably develop AIDS sooner or later.sometimes like doctors we experiment by signs and symptoms as in the 3rd response then we experiment by treating with anti viral drugs like Dr House to see if the patient improves and if we do not see an improvement or see the side effects of the drugs then we ll go in for another diagnosis this method is more like experimenting on the patient and only meant for the very brave. i hope to one day be able to do my diagnosis like that instead of fearing death that much and not having the courage to speculate as a doctor which is what most doctors do and get lucky. i would speculate and try to know as much anatomy,physio,and pathology

Answer 2

The best way in which a viral infection can be determined with certainty, and treatment can be established, would be: blood tests that measure the presence of lymphocytes, since lymphocytes are the body cells directly responsible for combating viral diseases and will be the first to be visible in a blood test.

Step-by-step explanation:

Lymphocytes are the white cells that are directly involved in any fight against viral infections. When their numbers appear elevated in a blood test, a doctor immediately knows that it is a virus, and not something else, which is causing the problem for the 35-year-old. There is a second way, but it is a bit less direct, and it is through the palpation of lymph nodes on the neck, an other parts of the body. This simple and non-invasive test, allows medical personnel to determine that there is a viral infection, but not which type it would be. The blood work specifies the virus with the type of lymphocytes that appear elevated in the blood test.