struggled with an itchy nose, eyes, palate, and ears for 5 days. As you check his ears and throat for redness and inflammation, you notice him touch his fingers to the bridge of his nose to press and rub there. He says he’s taken Mucinex OTC the past two nights to help him breathe while he sleeps. When you ask if the Mucinex has helped at all, he sneers slightly and gestures that the improvement is only minimal. Richard is alert and oriented. He has pale, boggy nasal mucosa with clear thin secretions and enlarged nasal turbinates, which obstruct airway flow but his lungs are clear. His tonsils are not enlarged but his throat is mildly erythematous.
what are 5 differential diagnosis
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barefoot. You diagnose cellulitis. He is up to date on his DTaP vaccine. There is a low-grade temperature and appears nontoxic. There is considerable pain when you palpate the foot. Which of the following treatments is best?
a.
Apply cool, moist compresses to the area to decrease pruritis and begin oral amoxicillin at 80 mg/kg/day.
b.
Give ibuprofen for pain and/or fever and begin oral penicillin VK.
c.
Advise rest and immobilization, begin cephalexin (Keflex) or sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (Bactrim), and use warm moist compresses.
d.
Give acetaminophen for pain or fever and begin oral azithromycin (Zithromax).
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