Symptoms

44-year-old obese female is admitted to the emergency room with fever, severe abdominal pain on the upper right side that radiates to the scapula and nausea. I believe this patient is experiencing acute cholecystitis, gallbladder attack. The signs and symptoms of acute cholecystitis includes: intense or sudden pain in the upper right part of the stomach, worsening pain with deep breathing extending to the lower part of the right shoulder blade, shortness of breath due to pain, nausea and…

patient could have experienced heat intolerance when playing football in the hot afternoon, and lead him to fell down and lose consciousness. Heat intolerance and head injury are considered to be the causes of developing seizures. Other signs and symptoms of a seizure episode include uncontrolled muscle spasms with twitching and jerking limbs, temporary stop breathing, brief blackout followed by a period, which the person does not remember a short time, and shaking off the entire body (NIH,…

Widened eyes. Speeding heart. Restricted movement. Silence. I’ve come to recognize these signs as those of a severe, unexpected, and unwelcomed panic attack. Countless times I’ve seen these symptoms in my own mother, whose post-traumatic stress disorder prevents her from carrying on a job or attending my concerts and social events. Since the end of her career with the United States Navy, I’ve been the only person who can identify her frequent sessions of silent suffering. Due to her extreme…

informed she should be taking insulin, but due to the cost, they were unable to afford it. Without insulin, chronic complications such as, atherosclerosis, retinopathy, diabetic nephropathy, nerve damage, and gangrene can occur. With the following symptoms it is suspected that she has type 1 diabetes mellitus. With the circumstances, she is asked to take a urine test and a blood test. Both the tests have results of high glucose levels. The urine was also positive for ketoacidosis, which is an…

Upon examination she had similar symptoms to the first patient presented with several similar tender red lumps with central punctum on her upper leg and vagina. As she was being examined a maggot was discovered on her lower right buttocks. A gynecological meeting was obtained and because…

her baby to all the staffs and me. She would say “Where is my baby? Or “Where is my little boy?” to everyone. As a result, some staff would bring out a baby doll and carry it to her and she would say “Thank You for bringing my child”. When she has this doll, she treats it like a real baby. She would play with it, talk to it, rock it, and try to carry it everywhere she goes. When Jane has this baby dolls she become really happy and seem to be enjoying life. For instance, she would talk baby…

Conditions Mental health conditions include; • Anxiety - is a term for several mental disorders that causes feelings of anxiety and fear, nervousness, apprehension, and worrying. This can affect how people feel and behave. This can cause physical symptoms, such as a fast heart rate and shakiness. • Bipolar disorder - can be known as manic depression, it is a condition that affects your moods which can go from feeling low and having no energy (depression) to feeling high and having loads…

virus when infected within a horse can hold the symptoms in an incubation period without even showing any signs that the horse is infected. The period of incubation, can be from 5-21 days before showing symptoms of the virus. Some horses will show immediate physical signs, such as a sudden fever. Other horses can react with neurological illness and even respiratory illness before a rapid death. The Hendra virus is a deadly virus with many symptoms and/or illnesses. Short paragraph on the…

Acute Pancreatitis Clinical Presentation Clinical presentation can be classified into three main categories. The categories include the patients’ major complaints, which are those signs and symptoms which are easily identifiable, finding based on physical examinations as well as those that manifest themselves as a result of complications. The clinical presentation of the disease tends to be dependent on the severity of the inflammation occurring in the pancreas as well as the possibility of…

hospitalization or even death. There are many factors that go into these illnesses and its often hard to simply stray away from the bad habits that are related to the eating disorders. Although Anorexia and Bulimia share some common similarities in their symptoms, the two are both very complex. The severity of Anorexia causes people around the world to impose self-starvation on themselves, usually because a low self-esteem or body image. According to the Experimental Brain Research…