Symptoms

He felt warm and sweaty last night that he believed he may have had a fever. His symptoms subsided after he sat up for a few hours on a chair. He had similar symptoms in the past but not as severe as the last 24 hours. He rated his pain as 10 last night, more localized in the periumbilical region, that it kept him awake all night. Today, his pain rate is a 7. In addition, he has been having a heartburn-like symptoms for the past 2 weeks that increased after eating. The heartburn would resolve on…

Psychotropic medications are drugs that can help prevent certain mental health symptoms. Antianxiety, antidepressant, antibipolar, and antipsychotic drugs are all forms of psychotropic medications (Homer, 60). The most common antianxiety drug, benzodiazepines (BZD), helps reduce anxiety that most patients experience (Homer, 139). There’s a controversy that psychotropic medications are overprescribed. Over prescription of psychotropic medication, such as BZD, can be detrimental to one’s health.…

Patient was a known case of Crohn’s diagnosed at an outside hospital –the outside hospital was contacted and the information was confirmed. Patient was recently started on infliximab for Crohn’s disease and he reported improvement of his Crohn’s symptoms. Patient admitted cannabis use and smokes around 2-3 joints /day. On presentation patient had stable vitals with no fever. Physical exam was unremarkable with soft abdomen. His labs were significant for hypokalemia and mild elevation of…

morning, evening? People who present with symptoms of CHF may exhibit symptoms of increasing fatigue and have difficulty performing daily activities such as walking, climbing stairs or carrying groceries. According to Forbes & Watt (2016), “fatigue from decreased cardiac output is worse in the evening, whereas fatigue from anxiety or depression occurs all day or is worse in the morning” (p.472). Exercise intolerance and fatigue are often the most common symptoms of heart failure. Based on the…

2009). The signs and symptoms of MN are the pain in the proximal region of the metatarsal heads radiating down to the third and fourth toes, exacerbated by ambulation with tight shoes and with palpable increase tenderness on metatarsal heads (Shishir & Wang, 2009). According to Klenerman, MacClellan, Guiloff, and (1983): Levine,…

implies it can be confidently used in different clinical settings, on a wide range of patients by clinicians with different experiences, provided of course that it is used accurately. The predictors are as follows: 1) duration of symptoms less than 16 days; 2) no symptoms distal to the knee; 3) Fear Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire Work subscale score more 19; 4) hip internal rotation greater than 35 degrees and 5)more than one lumbar segments stiffness with manual assessment. Patients are most…

Case Study A 22 year old female has been brought to the emergency room after fainting at home with complaints of flu-like symptoms for the last eight days (GCU, 2010). She has reported vomiting several times a day and having difficulty keeping food or liquids down. She states she has been “taking more than the recommended dose of antacids to help with nausea symptoms”. She has become dehydrated, so an IV has been placed and fluids have been started. She also has had an arterial blood gas (ABG)…

In this paper I will discuss the pathophysiology, the treatments and possible cures, signs and symptoms to look for as well as the treatment and diagnostic tests associated with Sickle Cell disease. Working at the local hospital I have seen a few patients that are regularly there and admitted to the hospital for sickle cell crisis. I will tell their story so you have a better understanding of the disease and a more personal connection with how it affects people on a daily basis. Not…

Rhinitis has several symptoms associated with it, they include sneezing, congestion, itching of the nasal cavity, and rhinorrhea (this is where the nasal cavity is filled with large amount of mucus). This condition is commonly known as a runny nose, that occurs quite frequently and the most common allergy symptom known as hay fever. Moreover, allergic rhinitis is classified as intermittent and is very persistent, in other words those who have chronic rhinitis will always have this problem and…

tularemia have similar signs and symptoms that seem nonspecific until after the incubation period. Tularemia is presented as an illness that includes symptoms such as chills, headache, muscular pains, and fever and skin ulceration. However after the incubation period, people infected with the bacteria will develop 1 to 6 different clinical symptoms depending on the portal of entry. Typically the incubation period falls anywhere between 1 to 21 days, however symptoms generally appear within 2…