HCA 240 Diagnosis and Treatment

Checkpoint: Diagnosis and Treatment

"I've been experiencing lower abdominal pain"

"This pain have caused me diarrhea, vomiting, nausea and constipation"

"I've been coming very dehydrated when these episodes occur"

"Due to my inability to eat I have lost some pounds over recent weeks"

Barbara Holakovsky.

From her symptoms explained it seems to me that Barbara is suffering from Regional Enteritis which is also referred as Crohn's disease. Crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that can affect any area of the digestive tract from the mouth to the anus. Since there has not been any diagnosis made, the diagnosis that I would offer is to request lab tests and x rays to determine if the disease seems to appear in Barbara's body. The types of...