4.2.1 Medical Detectives
Diana Jones, a 44 year old woman with type 1 diabetes, is experiencing the following symptoms:
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Her symptoms are affecting the mainly the circulatory, urinary, endocrine and muscular systems, the symptoms point to kidney difficulties. Her tests also reveal high amounts of substances in the blood, such as blood urea nitrogen levels, and a low glomerular filtration rate showing that it is in late stages. We came to the conclusion that she has End Stage Renal Disease, or a late stage of Chronic Kidney Disease