Heart Flutters

Open Question: You are at your son’s baseball game when another boy’s dad experiences dizziness and nearly faints?

July 1st, 2008 | by admin | Open Question: You are at your son’s baseball game when another boy’s dad experiences dizziness and nearly faints?
in the stands next to you. You tell him that you are a paramedic and will walk him to your car where you have your medical equipment. He reports that he has had a headache off and on since he had a tooth extracted four days ago. This evening he is feeling very weak.
His blood pressure is normal. When you listen to his heart you note that he has a pronounced murmur. He reports having had rheumatic fever 15 years ago. You examine his fingernails and find one that has tiny petechial hemorrhages under it.
1. Name the most likely causative agent of this man’s signs and symptoms.
2. Name the most likely infection this man has.
3. What type of culture would a physician most likely order, and why?
4. What is the treatment?
5. What is rheumatic fever? What causes it. Can it be prevented?

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:17:11 GMT

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