A 22-year-old male presented to his physician complaining of a fever and sore throat with enlarged, tender lymph nodes in his neck for the last 24 hours. He was now feeling very ill, and his symptoms were getting worse.
Clinical Case Studies
Case of eye injury and decreased vision
A 12 year old boy is brought into the paediatric casualty by his parents approximately 18 hours after sustaining a penetrating knife injury to his left eye. The child was here he was attacked by a fellow learner who stabbed him in his left eye. He sustained no other injuries as his attacker ran away after the incident.
The case of a floppy infant
A 10-month-old boy presented to a private maternal and child health hospital with severe irritability and floppiness. He had been fully immunized and was breastfed until 9 months of age. Apart from a history of recurrent respiratory tract infections, he had an unremarkable medical history.
My head hurts and I cannot speak?
A 33 year old female presents to the medical out patient department with a moderately severe headache, sudden onset of weakness in the right hand, numbness of the right side of her face and slurring her words. The symptoms had started about 3 hours earlier. According to the family the patient...
Why can I not walk today?
A 24 year old female, presented with a 6 day history of progressive weakness of her lower limbs and since this morning has been unable to walk due to complete paralysis.
History: Two weeks ago she had an episode of gastroenteritis with watery profuse diarrhoea lasting 3 days.
A case of a 3 month old infant with bloody urine and stools
A three month old male infant presents to the emergency department with a one day history of haematochezia and haematuria, accompanied by a diffuse rash and shortness of breath. A three month old male infant was brought into the emergency department..
A 9 year old girl presents with body swelling, shortness of breath and backache
A 9 year old girl presents with a one month history of generalised body swelling associated with shortness of breath and backache. Two and a half weeks previously the patient had been admitted to her local hospital for a similar episode.
A 7 year old with severe muscle weakness and difficulty walking
A 7 year old female presents with a three week history of painful elbows, wrists and hands, generalised weakness and difficulty walking. History: Painful elbows, wrists and hands for 3/52; Sore throat; No early morning stiffness, but a generalised weakness ...
A case of swollen hands
A 25 year old female presented to her primary healthcare physician complaining of swollen hands for the last week. She had also noticed that over the last two days she was getting swelling around her eyes and was short of breath.
14 year old with severe hip pain
A 14 and half year old boy presents with a recent history of tender temperomandibular joints and regular morning stiffness in both hips. He has a limited range of movement in his hips, especially abduction and adduction, and is no longer able to run and play games with his brothers. Our patient started suffering with painful hips from age 14 and within a month he was unable to walk unassisted.