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LEMONS OR LYMES?
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Learning Objectives 1. Participants will be able to identify symptoms of Lyme Disease 2. Participants will be able to determine if further work-up is required 3. Participants will be able to recognize when it is possible that Lyme Disease is not the cause of the patient’s symptoms
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History 1. known tick bite or rash 2. flu-like illness during the summer 3. onset of illness 4. other evaluations (cardiac, neuro, neurosurg, ortho, rheumatology) & diagnoses 5.tests performed (i.e. TSH, CBC with diff, CMP, imaging studies, EEG, EMG 6. treatments (effective and ineffective) 7. age (kiddos, elderly)
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Info you all ask for on a regular basis Medication allergies PMH PSH Current meds and supplements
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Review of Systems General: fatigue, fevers, sweats Head, eyes, ears, nose and throat: blurring of vision, tinnitus, photophobia, phonophobia Neck: pain or stiffness Lungs: shortness of breath, cough Cardiac: palpitations, chest pain Gastrointestinal: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation Genito-urinary: urgency, frequency, testicular discomfort Muscular-skeletal: myalgias and location; arthralgias and location Neurological: paresthesias (location, type), h/a, dizziness (? ENT eval results) Cognitive: Short-term memory loss, lack of concentration, word-finding difficulty
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Physical Exam 1. General 2. HEENT 3. Neck 4. Lungs 5. Cardiac 6. Abdominal 7. M/S: strengths, ROM 8. Neuro: DTRs, CN 9. Mini-mental
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Closing 1. Be honest. 2. Offer advice. 3. Remember that our patients have much to teach us.
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