Whadayexpect?

Last night a 40 year old lady with no past medical problem presented with fever, vague abdominal discomfort, painful small joints, hair loss, mouth ulcers with reduced blood counts (pancytopenia) and raised liver enzymes.

Guess what, here is the list of blood investigations & etc. that were ordered by the on-call team:

1. RP


2. Blood culture


3. FBP


4. ESR


5. RF


6. ANA


7. dsDNA


8. C3, C4


9. AFP


10. CEA


11. CA 125


12. CA 19-9


13. LDH


14. Coomb's test


15. Serum iron


16. TIBC, Ferritin


17. B12


18. folate


19. UFEME


20. USS Abdomen

...and those are just the beginning. Trust me!

Morale of the story: You don't get sick.. you dont get prick ( and stay away from those ciggies will ya mate)