A 42-year-old man comes to the NP’s office for evaluation of…
A 42-year-old man comes to the NP’s office for evaluation of right knee pain, red eyes, and lesions on soles of his feet. The patient tells the NP he was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection that was treated with antibiotics about 3 weeks ago, and shortly after all these symptoms started. He has multiple sexual partners but states “I use condoms.” Vital signs are in normal ranges. Physical exam show bilateral conjunctival injection with scant purulent discharge at the lid margins. The right knee is mildly swollen with associate tenderness to palpation. Examination of the soles of feet show multiple erythematous scaly lesions. The NP would suspect:
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The NP is seeing a 8-year-old patient that has severe pain & swelling of their ankle and lower leg, with the inability to bear any weight on the extremity following a soccer sports injury earlier in the day. The NP is MOST worried about which of the following injuries?
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A friend asks you to check on their 85-year-old grandmother who resides in a nursing home. Your friend tells you that she rarely gets outside, eats hardly any dairy products, and has aching bones. It is likely that their grandmother has a specific vitamin deficiency. Synthesis of the vitamin in question is dependent on ultraviolet radiation. The actual step in the activation of this vitamin occurs in what tissues?
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Following genetic testing and a thorough history from the child’s mother and father, a 5-month-old boy has been diagnosed with osteogenesis imperfecta. What teaching point should the care team provide to the mother and father?
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