Q “Ms. Blanc, I assure you I will do all I can to get to the cause of your illness. What medication are you taking for your skin? Are you taking any other medications?” You compassionately reply. “For my skin I was prescribed desonide and prednisone. I am currently taking amoxicillin as some of these spots on my skin recently were oozing pus and were infected.” You write down her medications for your records. “How long have you been taking the prednisone?” You ask. She sighs. “I don’t remember, 3 maybe 4 months”. In the waiting room are Ms. Blanc’s friends. You interview them one at at time for more information about Ms. Blanc’s strange illness. Miss Magenta in a hushed voice says “Between you and me, she’s really let herself go. She has fat deposits in all of these strange place like around her face and trunk. Her face looks as round as the moon. She also has this weird hump on her back, She almost looks like a camel. If you ask me, some exercise may do her some good!” Colonel Lemon sighs as he begins his testimony. “She used to be very skinny and quite pretty when she and I were much younger. But lately she seems bloated all the time. She also has been concerned about the significant rise in her blood pressure. It was normal just two months ago.” “I agree with the Colonel.” Mrs. Feather says. “The poor dear. She’s been sick so much lately. She has been getting various respiratory infections, skin infections, ear infections and gastrointestinal illnesses. She seems to get every infectious illness that comes around. Personally, I think her immune system needs boosting but my herbal teas don’t seem to help.” You thank the friends for their accounts of Ms. Blanc’s illness and you shake your head. This is indeed a very complex and baffling case. You decide to send Ms. Blanc to Medical Technology to collect blood samples and urine samples from the ill woman. Questions to Answer: 1. Type of all of Ms. Blanc’s symptoms into the search bar of www.google.com. What are three conditions that www.google.com suggests may be wrong with Ms. Blanc.

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