Bicycle Spoke Injury and Other Crush Injuries
Figure 136-1 Foot caught in bicycle spokes. What To Do: Obtain a detailed history, perform a general examination to rule out any possible associated injuries, and then perform a focal…
Colorful Urine
CHAPTER 78 Colorful Urine Presentation The patient may complain of or be frightened about the color of his urine. Color may be one component of some urinary complaint, or the…
Sea Bather’s Eruption (Sea Lice)
CHAPTER 178 Sea Bather’s Eruption (Sea Lice) Presentation Patients seek help because of an intense pruritic or painful eruption of red raised welts, sometimes like mosquito bites. They are at…
Tension-Type (Muscle Contraction) Headache
CHAPTER 9 Tension-Type (Muscle Contraction) Headache Presentation The patient complains of a mild to moderate, dull, steady (nonpulsating) pain, described as a pressing, tightening, squeezing, or constricting band, located bilaterally…
Dental Pain, Periapical Abscess (Tooth Abscess)
CHAPTER 45 Dental Pain, Periapical Abscess (Tooth Abscess) Presentation The patient complains of severe, constant facial or dental pain, often associated with facial swelling, regional lymphadenopathy, and cellulitis, and may…
Bartholin Abscess
Figure 87-1 Bartholin abscess. What To Do: If the swelling and pain is mild without fluctuance (bartholinitis) or if the abscess is small, the patient can be placed on antibiotics,…
Seizures (Convulsions, Fits), Febrile and Pediatric
CHAPTER 8 Seizures (Convulsions, Fits), Febrile and Pediatric Presentation Parents who are frightened and concerned bring in their child who has just had a generalized seizure with jerking tonic-clonic movements…
Corneal Abrasion
CHAPTER 16 Corneal Abrasion Presentation The patient may complain of eye pain or a sensation of the presence of a foreign body after being poked in the eye with a…
Foreign Body, Vaginal
CHAPTER 91 Foreign Body, Vaginal Presentation This can be a problem of both children and adults. Children may insert a foreign body and not tell their parents or may be…
