A 25 year old woman with congenital nipple inversion presents with a 5 day history of redness and swelling associated with pain in her .left breast You are concerned about a diagnosis of periductal mastitis. Which of the following is a predisposing factor for periductal mastitis? A 25 year old woman with congenital nipple inversion […]

A 30 year old woman arrives at the ER with intermittent pain on one side of her fact, near her jaw, brought on when brushing her teeth. She has a history of facial pain buth says that today it was like being stabbed with a dagger over and over for a full minute. She has […]

 Please answer each question and post it in the discussion group. 1. Emily, a 64-year-old formerly obese woman who successfully lost over 100 pounds, was brought to the hospital suffering pain in her legs, and an X-ray revealed that she had a simple fracture in her right femur and a crack in her left tibia. […]

A 61-year-old man of Asian descent is being evaluated for his initial visit at the clinic. The NP asks if he had ever been diagnosed for hypertension. He replies that his previous provider mentioned that his blood pressure was a little high, but he started to take St. John’s wort and it “calmed my heart.” […]

A 53-year-old man presents for a follow-up visit. He has a 12-year history of type 2 diabetes mellitus that is currently be treated with a maximally-tolerated dose of metformin and a thiazolidinedione. He also has hypertension that is well controlled with a calcium channel blocker. His A1C today is 8.2% and it is decided that […]