Making a Differential Diagnosis
For this assignment, you will create a differential diagnosis for the
patient in your chosen case. This assignment continues the work you
started in the Weeks One and Two discussion forums and the Week Three
assignment. Be sure to follow the instructions in Chapter 1:
Differential Diagnosis Step by Step when creating your differential
diagnosis. Your assignment must include the following:
- Recommend a diagnosis based on the patient’s symptoms, presenting problems, and history.
- Assess the validity of your diagnosis using a sociocultural perspective.
- Compare at least one evidence-based and one non-evidence-based treatment option for the diagnosis. Research a minimum of two peer-reviewed sources to support your choices.
- Propose and provide an explanation for a minimum of two historical perspectives and two theoretical orientations that are inappropriate alternates for the conceptualizations in this case.
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Introduction
The differential diagnosis is the process by which the doctor or medical specialists incorporates when patients seeks medical attention. Differential diagnosis assist in dertimining the condition causing certain symptoms (Duffy, 2013). Physical examination, medical history, and current symptoms are some of the main factors that are incorporated in differential diagnosis in determining the type of ailment. Differential diagnoses involves all possible ailments list of possible diseases and conditions that might be causing patient symptoms.
Hypertension Differential Diagnoses
Hypertension differential diagnoses varies greatly in both children and adults. Hypertension differential diagnoses indicates that stylolic pressure is one of the main factor that should be considered in detecting, evaluating and treating hypertension.
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