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(Q001) Scenario Carol is a 68-year-old woman who considers herself "a little plump." She has smoked for most of her adult life and was diagnosed with Type II diabetes just over a year ago. Carol currently has to take medication to control her blood sugar She is prone to bronchitis and sinusitis, and she regularly takes an antibiotic to treat her respiratory tract infections. After her most recent bout with bronchitis, Carol developed diarrhea, which became increasingly more severe Signs and Symptoms Carol's diarrhea did not resolve, and instead it became looser and more severe, with crampy abdominal pain. When she noticed there was blood in the toilet, she went to her family physician. He ordered blood tests and a fecal culture, which were collected at the office and sent to a lab for testing. Because the diarrhea was causing extreme fluctuations in her blood sugar levels, she was hospitalized. A colonoscopy of Carol's bowel revealed that she had developed plaques with exudate on the epithelial surfaces of her large intestine

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Answer :

From public health view point the steps should be taken to Carol's stay at the hospital includes :

* first step is to inform lab report of the Carol's regarding exudates on the epithelial surfaces  of her intestine.

* Then we need to educate her hospitalization is very important, because she is having bloody stool, and having fluctuations in blood sugars, may leads to high risk to the health.

* and the diarrhea is communicable disease, it may spread she is in home, so hospitalization is important up-to recovery.

* along with her one attendant must be there to taking care of her.

* then perform all lab tests like blood sugar levels and ultrasounds abdomen and provide accurate treatment to her.

* provide psychological support and emotional support, to stay in hospital.

These are the steps we need to follow.