Case Study UPDATED 2025-2026
, Week Seven-Karen Floyd
Reason: Abdominal pain
45 y/o
5’4” (163 cm)
141 lb (64.1 kg)
Thanks for seeing me today. I hope you can get to the bottom of my problems
Observations: skin warm and dry
Good Questions 93%
1. How can I help you?
2. Do you have any other symptoms or concerns we should discuss?
3. Is your pain affected by what? When or how much you eat?
4. Do you now or have you ever smoked or chewed tobacco?
5. Are you taking any over-the counter or herbal medications?
6. Are you taking any prescriptions medications?
7. Do you have any allergies?
8. Have you ever been hospitalized?
9. Any previous medical, surgical, or dental procedures?
10. Can you tell me about any current or past medical problems you have had?
11. Do you have diarrhea?
12. Is there any blood in your stools or with your bowel movement?
13. Do you have any problem with constipation?
14. Have you been having fevers?
15. How often does this abdominal pain occur?
16. How severe (1-10) is your abdominal pain?
17. Does the pain in your abdomen radiate someplace else? Where?
18. Where more precisely is your abdominal pain?
19. What does the pain discomfort in your abdomen feel like? (cramping, burning, stabbing, aching,
tingling, squeezing)?
20. Does anything make the pain in your abdomen better or worse?
21. When did your abdominal pain start?
22. How long does the pain in your abdomen last?
23. Does the symptoms occur after eating rye, wheat, or barley?
24. What are the events surrounding the start of your abdominal pain?
25. Have you had any family member had a history of inflammatory bowel disease?
26. Are you now or have you ever been anemic?
27. Do you avoid eating because you are worries about the pain?
28. Do you have any skin problems?
29. Do you have a history of bowel obstruction?
30. Have you or any family member had a history of colon polyps or colon cancer?
31. Do you have tar like or foul-smelling stools?
32. Have you lost weight?
33. Do you have heart disease and/or have you ever had a heart attack?
34. Have you had the pain in your abdomen before?
35. Do you have arthritis?
Extra Questions
1. Do you have night sweats?
2. Have you had any significant traumatic injuries or accidents?
3. Have you had a recent endoscopy, colonoscopy, or biopsy?
4. What was the results of your last mammogram?
5. Are your immunizations UTD
6. Tell me about your work?
7. Tell me about the health of your parents?
8. Where do you live?
9. Alcohol use