Thursday, December 22, 2005
I did the rural village medical truck run today. I've always enjoyed it because Dr. Sharma is such a wonderful, supportive, sharing doctor and I get to interact with villagers. I'd always only participated as an observer and listener. Today, Dr. Sharma actually let me take the blood pressue of a vertigo patient and state my diagnosis! I was actually able to whip out my fancy schmancy Litman stethescope (that impressed Dr. Sharma! Thanks, Justin!) to find that her blood pressure was 90/30. WAY Low! I didn't come up with "hypotension" until an hour later, but I felt very capable. Medical professionals probably think "Phleph, that was a no-brainer diagnosis". I think "Hey, I'd never done this before! I feel capable!". Does this qualify me to give injections tomorrow? :)
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Hmm...Hypotension is not really a diagnosis. It’s a sign. People usually don’t just have symptomatic hypotension and nothing else. Athletes could have very low blood pressures but they shouldn’t be dizzy. If they are symptomatic, they usually have something else that caused the hypotension. This could be infection, fever, dehydration, bleeding, hormonal dysfunction, vascular problems, brain problems, and heart problems.
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