BIO - 1141L - 05; A Rough Semester: What’s Wrong with Katie? Case (answered)20 year-old white female, a college sophomore, presented at the on-campus health center with #u-like symptoms that began three weeks prior.

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NATIONAL CENTER FOR CASE STUDY TEACHING IN SCIENCE A Rough Semester: What’s Wrong with Katie? E\ Thomas E. Hynd, Elizabeth V. Berkeley, Janet C. Daniel, Justin W. Brown, and Bisi T. Velayudhan ... Part I – To the Health Center Katie Robinson returned to her dorm room after another long day as a college sophomore. !ings seemed to have been getting tougher the last few weeks, Katie thought, but she attributed this to her heavy course load that included anatomy, chemistry, physiology and microbiology courses required by her health science program. Noticing Katie was going to bed earlier and sleeping later than usual, her roommate Jasmine asked her if everything was alright. “Yeah, I’m "ne,” she replied. “I’m just stressed. After midterms are over, I’ll feel better. I just wish there were more hours in the day.” Midterms came and went and her condition did not improve, so Katie decided to make an appointment at the oncampus health center. Jennifer, the health center’s nurse practitioner on duty, took Katie’s history. Patient History Chief complaint: #u-like symptoms with headache and fatigue. History of patient illness: !is 20 year-old white female, a college sophomore, presented at the on-campus health center with #u-like symptoms that began three weeks prior. She also describes a rash under her arm that won’t go away, likely from playing weekly intramural tennis matches at the university. !e symptoms do not appear to be related to stress as she successfully concluded her midterms over a week ago. She also complains of “tired eyes” due to studying endlessly for her midterms. She has not tried any remedies, other than rest, to alleviate the symptoms. [Show More]

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