VIII.Practising Medicine: Case Report

Compose a Case Report relying on the data given about the disease. Some information should be added:

1) Cause: Unknown.

Symptoms: Weak pulse, pale face, periodical heart pains, death anxiety, breathlessness. The patient absolutely cannot lie down.

Diagnosis: Heart failure.

Treatment: The patient must be propped up to allow him to breathe or he may be allowed to sit straight up. A cup of coffee or tea may do some good, and will surely do no harm. The patient should be covered to keep him warm. Reassure the patient and give him cardiacs.

2) Cause: Not clear.

Symptoms: The onset is sudden. The pain in the right iliac region and all over the abdomen is acute. The patient feels constant nausea and has profuse vomiting. The temperature is elevated.

Diagnosis: An acute attack of appendicitis.

Treatment: Urgent surgical intervention is necessary. Local anesthesia is indicated. Opening the abdominal cavity with an oblique incision in the right iliac region is to be applied.

3) Cause: A fish bone in the pharynx because of too rapid eating.

Symptoms: The patient feels stinging pain, especially when swallowing.

Diagnosis: A foreign body in the pharynx.

Treatment: An attempt to remove the bone with finger was successfully followed by the extraction of the bone with forceps.

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