KROK 1 2019 – Question 33 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A patient has been suffering from bronchial asthma for 15 years. What changes in the patient’s leukogram can be expected in this case?
- A. Eosinophilia
- B. Leukocytosis
- C. Basophilia
- D. Left shift
- E. Leukopenia
Hint
Consider the immune mechanism that underlies most bronchial asthma and ask which blood cell type is attracted by the mediators of that reaction.
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