Your 8 year old patient presents with right sided facial paresis, inability to raise the right eyebrow and difficulty completely closing the right eye. You are concerned about trigeminal nerve problems and consider possible causes. What is the diagnosis associated with this condition, screening considered and treatment? Group of answer choices Bell’s Palsy; consider lyme […]

Your 18 year old patient reports a throbbing headache that comes from her left eye and spreads to her temple and then left side of the head. The headaches are mild to start with but progress to bad throbbing and sometimes she sees sparks of light. The headaches are worse near her menstrual cycles. She […]

The parents of your 2-year-old patient complains that the bend in his legs has worsened since he was seen a year ago. The child is having pain on ambulation and wakes at night with the pain. On physical examination, your note a severe varus deformity with leg length discrepancy and a proximal tibial angle at […]

Your 17 year old patient has been having classic migraines for the past three months. Initially they occurred every few days but over the past month, have been occurring at least 5 days a week. Motrin, Excedrin and Tylenol have been ineffective in managing the headaches. After a three day period of not having any […]

Your 18 year old patient reports headaches in the back of the head that last for hours at a time and have been increasing in frequency the past four weeks. She notes that she and her girlfriend recently started having difficulties because she has been studying with a male tutor. She has not been sleeping […]