Question

Focused Throat Exam Lily is a 20-year-old student at the local community college. When some of her friends and classmates told her about an outbreak of flu-like symptoms sweeping her campus during the past 2 weeks, Lily figured she shouldn't take her 3-day sore throat lightly. Your clinic has treated a few cases similar to Lily's. All the patients reported decreased appetite, headaches, and pain with swallowing. As Lily recounts these symptoms to you, you notice that she has a runny nose and a slight hoarseness in her voice but doesn't sound congested.

• 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.

Answer 1

history of contact with other infected students, history of travel, historyof any other symptoms,sexual history .

physical examinations- ttemperature , pulse rate, respiratory rate, examination of nasal cavity and throat , examination of the tonsils, examination of ears..

diagnostic tests- blood investigations- complete count, esr adn crp, nasal swab and throat swab for culture and pcr.

elevated blood counts wound suggest bacterial infection, positive pcr test will suggest viralinfection and type .

upperresipratory tract infection

viral infections

tonsilitis

middle ear infections.

influenza.

flu.