Running Head: HUMAN CASE STUDY 1
Human Case Study
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
Date HUMAN CASE STUDY 2
A pediatric patient or his caregiver should be asked age-related questions which focuses
on age and etiological condition. These questions should be on acuteness and chronicity of
bleeding, color and blood quantity noticed in the patient’s stool. Questions should also focus on
antecedent symptoms, how the patient has been training and the presence of abdominal pain and
trauma. Questions regarding the presence of blood in the patient’s stool should focus on the
patient’s diet or drug or substance consumed that may result in this condition of bloody stool.
The patient or caregiver should be asked questions on whether that patient has consumed
substances like Kool-Aid, red licorice, antibiotics, or products that may be containing bismuth
(Burns, Dunn, Brady, Starr, & Blosser, 2016) . Occult blood culture, Ova and parasite presence are associated with a pediatric patient
with symptoms of blood in their stool. Other diagnostic tests can also be conducted depending on
the observed symptoms in a patient or even the disease history of the patient. A patient with a
prolonged or past medical history of bloody diarrhea should be subjected for tests regarding
complete blood count, basic metabolic panel (BMP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) as
well as c-Reactive protein test (Cheryl & Cash, 2014) . These tests should come first before
ordering for any radiation test as the condition may not be complicated to that extent and can be
identified by these tests. For the abdominal pain, abdominal ultrasound and colonoscopy would
be recommended
A patient with all these symptoms would probably be administered for three differential
diagnoses. These would include gastroenteritis (characterized by viral, parasitic, or bacterial
infection). Also, it would be appendicitis or intussusception. The differential diagnosis for this
patient would, therefore, include gastroenteritis, dehydration, and appendicitis. Gastroenteritis is
mainly affiliated by prolonged diarrhea and vomiting which basically causes hypovolemia and
Human Case Study
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
Date HUMAN CASE STUDY 2
A pediatric patient or his caregiver should be asked age-related questions which focuses
on age and etiological condition. These questions should be on acuteness and chronicity of
bleeding, color and blood quantity noticed in the patient’s stool. Questions should also focus on
antecedent symptoms, how the patient has been training and the presence of abdominal pain and
trauma. Questions regarding the presence of blood in the patient’s stool should focus on the
patient’s diet or drug or substance consumed that may result in this condition of bloody stool.
The patient or caregiver should be asked questions on whether that patient has consumed
substances like Kool-Aid, red licorice, antibiotics, or products that may be containing bismuth
(Burns, Dunn, Brady, Starr, & Blosser, 2016) . Occult blood culture, Ova and parasite presence are associated with a pediatric patient
with symptoms of blood in their stool. Other diagnostic tests can also be conducted depending on
the observed symptoms in a patient or even the disease history of the patient. A patient with a
prolonged or past medical history of bloody diarrhea should be subjected for tests regarding
complete blood count, basic metabolic panel (BMP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) as
well as c-Reactive protein test (Cheryl & Cash, 2014) . These tests should come first before
ordering for any radiation test as the condition may not be complicated to that extent and can be
identified by these tests. For the abdominal pain, abdominal ultrasound and colonoscopy would
be recommended
A patient with all these symptoms would probably be administered for three differential
diagnoses. These would include gastroenteritis (characterized by viral, parasitic, or bacterial
infection). Also, it would be appendicitis or intussusception. The differential diagnosis for this
patient would, therefore, include gastroenteritis, dehydration, and appendicitis. Gastroenteritis is
mainly affiliated by prolonged diarrhea and vomiting which basically causes hypovolemia and
