Focused Nose Exam Case Study
Case Study 1: Focused Nose Exam
A 28-year-old female comes in complaining of a runny nose and itchy eyes. Focused Nose Exam Case Study. States runny nose, itchy eyes, and ears felt full approximately 9 days ago. “I get this every spring and it seems to last six to eight weeks”. Describes nose as runny with clear mucus. Sneezes on and off all day. Her eyes itch so bad she just wants to scratch them out, sometimes feels a tickle in her throat and her ears feel full and sometimes pop. Last year took Claritin with relief. Charlotte is alert and oriented. He has pale, boggy nasal mucosa with clear thin secretions and enlarged nasal turbinates, which obstruct airway flow but his lungs are clear. His tonsils are not enlarged but his throat is mildly erythematous.
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Focused Nose Exam Case Study Assignment
Use the Episodic/Focused SOAP Template and create an episodic/focused note about the patient in the case study to which you were assigned using the episodic/focused note template (see attachment). Focused Nose Exam Case Study. Provide evidence from the literature to support diagnostic tests that would be appropriate for each case. List five different possible conditions for the patient’s differential diagnosis and justify why you selected each.
-Consider what history would be necessary to collect from the patient.
– Consider what physical exams and diagnostic tests would be appropriate to gather more information about the patient’s condition. How would the results be used to make a diagnosis?
– Identify at least five possible conditions that may be considered in a differential diagnosis for the patient.