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Hi Friends, Do you prefer a medical or a non-medical person as your life partner? What are your personal views regarding this? I prefer a doctor as he can understand my profession. What are your thoughts regarding this?

Case A 62-year-old man is seen in the ED because of a right upper quadrant abdominal pain of 5 days' duration. The pain radiates around to his back and is worse with movement and coughing. He denies nausea, vomiting, or a change in his bowel habits but admits to having intermittent epigastric pain, frequent night sweats, a feeling of “weakness,” general malaise, and a 15-pound (6.75-kg) weight loss over the last year. His past medical history is remarkable for a back injury incurred from a m… Continue

Case A 52-year-old white woman has an 18-month history of episodic confusion and poor work performance but neurologic evaluation, including CT scan of the head and an electroencephalogram, is unrevealing. Dilantin and then phenobarbital are prescribed but do not alter the frequency of the attacks, and are eventually discontinued. On the day of admission, she has a generalized seizure at work. The paramedics are called, find her unconscious, and administer naloxone hydrochloride [Narcan (Du Pont… Continue

Case A 38-year-old adopted white man is seen by his family physician for the management of hypertension of 2 years' duration. Current medications include amiloride (5 mg) and hydrochlorothiazide (50 mg), with good blood pressure control until now. Review of systems reveals increasing fatigue, headaches, and muscle cramps. Physical examination reveals a blood pressure of 140/100 mm Hg in the left arm and 136/100 mm Hg in the right arm. No disparity in the blood pressure between the arms and the l… Continue

Case A 19-year-old, sexually active woman presents to the emergency room complaining of a 2-day history of urinary frequency, burning, and urgency. She denies vaginal discharge or itching, fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, back pain, abdominal pain, or hematuria. She has no history of UTI or a sexually transmitted disease. She recently began using a diaphragm for birth control, and reports that her last menstrual period occurred 3 weeks ago. She has only one sexual partner, who denies penile disc… Continue