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Question 1 A 22-year old male college student was presented at the ESU health clinic. He looked tired and pale. He presented because of a high fever and chest pain. He was afraid he was having a heart attack (bad week of exams). He was examined immediately by the PA and an EKG strip was run. He had no evidence of acute heart problems. The attending physician visited the patient. He obtained the following history from the past 36 hours. The patient had a tight cough. He had significant muscle aches and pains. He had a bad headache and had had fevers of 101-103F. The physician ordered a chest x-ray. It did not show any significant consolidated inflammation suggestive of pneumonia. The patient showed significant nasal drainage and a moderately tight, but productive cough on physical exam. He had a fever of 101 F and generally inflamed mucous membranes. A rapid Strep test showed no evidence of Streptococcal infection and his tonsils and adenoids had been removed. -What is the most likely diagnosis for this patient?hepatitisinfluedizaflesh eating diseasemeasles Question 2 - On what do you base this diagnosis?fever, chest painflat rashrapid strep testcolitis

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A 22-year old male college student was presented at the ESU health clinic. He looked tired and pale. He presented because of a high fever and chest pain. He was afraid he was having a heart attack (bad week of exams). He was examined immediately by the PA and an EKG strip was run. He had no evidence of acute heart problems. The attending physician visited the patient. He obtained the following history from the past 36 hours. The patient had a tight cough. He had significant muscle aches and pains. He had a bad headache and had had fevers of 101-103F.
The physician ordered a chest x-ray. It did not show any significant consolidated inflammation suggestive of pneumonia. The patient showed significant nasal drainage and a moderately tight, but productive cough on physical exam. He had a fever of 101 F and generally inflamed mucous membranes. A rapid Strep test showed no evidence of Streptococcal infection and his tonsils and adenoids had been removed.
-What is the most likely diagnosis for this patient?hepatitisinfluedizaflesh eating diseasemeasles
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- On what do you base this diagnosis?fever, chest painflat rashrapid strep testcolitis

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Question 1 A 22-year old male college student was presented at the ESU health clinic. He looked tired and pale. He presented because of a high fever and chest pain. He was afraid he was having a heart attack (bad week of exams). He was examined immediately by the PA and an EKG strip was run. He had no evidence of acute heart problems. The attending physician visited the patient. He obtained the following history from the past 36 hours. The patient had a tight cough. He had significant muscle aches and pains. He had a bad headache and had had fevers of 101-103F. The physician ordered a chest x-ray. It did not show any significant consolidated inflammation suggestive of pneumonia. The patient showed significant nasal drainage and a moderately tight, but productive cough on physical exam. He had a fever of 101 F and generally inflamed mucous membranes. A rapid Strep test showed no evidence of Streptococcal infection and his tonsils and adenoids had been removed. -What is the most likely diagnosis for this patient?hepatitisinfluedizaflesh eating diseasemeasles Question 2 - On what do you base this diagnosis?fever, chest painflat rashrapid strep testcolitis

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00:01 Hello everyone.

00:02 In this lesson, we are going to walk through a clinical case using psychological and physiological reasoning to arrive at a likely diagnosis.

00:09 Our focus is on a 22 -year -old college student presenting with fever, cough, muscle aches, and concern for a heart attack.

00:17 So although i don't have your lecture notes, i can't give page numbers from your reading or slide numbers from a presentation, we can break down the symptoms, identify the most likely illness, explain our rationale, and consider secondary concerns, treatments, and prevention.

00:33 So let's begin.

00:44 Most likely diagnosis.

00:49 Influenza.

00:50 The student presents with high fever, 101 to 103 degrees fahrenheit, severe body aches, productive cough, nasal drainage, headache, fatigue, and general malays.

01:01 Classic symptoms of seasonal influenza.

01:04 The negative strep test, lack of tonsils, adenoids, and clear chest x -ray roll out strep throat and pneumonia.

01:11 The fear of a heart attack is likely anxiety related due to stress and flu -induced chest discomfort.

01:26 Rationale for diagnosis is symptom pattern and timing.

01:46 Influenza typically hits suddenly and causes systemic symptoms like body aches, fatigues, fever, and headache.

01:53 The tight, productive cough and inflamed mucus membranes are consistent with upper respiratory viral infection rather than a localized bacterial one...

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