Ms. Woods is a 40-year-old black woman who recently went through a divorce. During her emotional nights, she found herself seeking comfort in food. She reports eating “whatever is around,” including an entire loaf of bread one night. She began throwing up to relieve her upset stomach after feeling overly full. She denies that she […]

A 42-year-old male patient presents to the clinic with a fluctuant abscess to the left side of his face, near his left eye. There appears to be pus draining from it. He notes he has a history of recurrent abscesses and reports a history of IV drug abuse in the past. First-line therapy for this […]

A 67 year old female patient presents to the clinic with a chief complaint of catbite to her left thumb which occurred 3 days ago. Her thumb is red, swollen, and the patient reports pain 9 out of 10. She states she went to the ED at the time and was prescribed Amoxicillin/clavulanate 875 mg […]

A 42-year-old male patient presents to the clinic with a fluctuant abscess to the left side of his face, near his left eye. There appears to be pus draining from it. He notes he has a history of recurrent abscesses and reports a history of IV drug abuse in the past. First-line therapy for this […]

ML is a 51 year-old Hispanic female. You have been following her for almost 2 years now and have been working very hard with her to manage her Type 2 DM, her hyperlipidemia, and her HTN. You have her DM and hyperlipidemia under control as evidenced by laboratory values. You’re still working on her HTN. […]