Question

Introduction

Read the information below and proceed to complete each step of the activity that follows.

Lisa, a 35-year-old mother of two, presents to a family practitioner's office in Maine. She is visibly shaken, but does not appear to be acutely ill in any way. You begin to take her vitals, and suddenly she shouts out: "Please, just take this from me!" You reach for the sandwich bag in her hand, which appears to contain a fecal sample. Upon closer inspection, you notice something in the sample that makes you quickly understand the woman's agitation.

The following are the answers the patient provided for the patient history questionnaire:

Question: What have been the patient's symptoms?
Answer: I have been experiencing abdominal pain, gas, and diarrhea for the past few weeks. I've also been losing weight, but I was thinking it was due to my new workout routine.

Question: Has the patient consumed any unpasteurized food recently?
Answer: I did try raw milk a few weeks back upon the suggestion of a friend, but it was only a glass.

Question: Has the patient consumed any raw produce or meat recently?
Answer: Salads and fresh fruit. I cook my meat thoroughly when we do eat it, but we mostly eat salmon cooked in various ways. We live on the coast, and my uncle is a local fisherman.

Question: Has the patient traveled recently?
Answer: No, I am a stay-at-home mom and rarely even get out of town.

Question: Has anyone else in the family traveled recently?
Answer: My husband travels for work, but just to Cleveland.

Question: Has the patient experienced any other recent illness?
Answer: No.

Question: Has anyone else in the family recently experienced any illness?
Answer: My daughter had rotavirus infection a month ago.

Question: Is the patient up to date with vaccinations for her age?
Answer: Yes, I am very diligent about this issue since I have young children.

Identification of Drug Therapy

Read the following information below and answer all questions that follow.

Based upon the patient’s diagnosis and her degree of symptoms, a treatment protocol has been developed.

1. Which form of treatment should be administered to the patient at this time?

A. Rifampin
B. Erythromycin
C. Piperazine
D. Praziquantel
E. B or C

A

B

C

D

E

2. The patient could have avoided infection with this organism by

boiling all of the chlorinated city-supplied water in their house before use.

not consuming the raw milk product she noted.

properly preparing the pork they consumed.

properly preparing the salmon they consumed.

Answer 1

Answer: ( B or C) Because the symptoms and the signs after the intervention reveals that there must be any kind of infection. Piperazin is mainly used to treat the infection in stomach caused by tape worm.

Answer: The infection could be avoided as not consuming the raw milk.