Patient FT: A Case Study

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Patient FT, came to the clinic with a complaint of leg pain that started 2days ago. Patient is a postpartum mother who had her baby 6weeks ago by cesarean cession. Her stay in the hospital was uneventful and she was discharged after 7days with her baby boy. She states that she remembered having pain on her right leg four weeks after her discharge but she disregarded the pain thinking that it may be because she was not walking around a whole lot as she used to. later the pain disappeared. She states that she became concerned when the leg started swelling 2dayss ago and now is getting warm. She states that the pain is back and she feels she is getting feverish but did not take her temperature. She rates her present pain to be at 7/10 on the

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