Diabetes Overview

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Patient Story Print Section Listen A 7-year-old girl presents with increased thirst and urination over the last 2 weeks. Despite previously being dry at night, she has wet the bed…

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Syphilis

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Patient Story Print Section Listen A young woman presents to the office with a total body rash for one week (Figure 181-1). She denies other symptoms and the rash does…

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Hyperthyroidism

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Patient Story Print Section Listen A 12-year-old girl presents with fatigue, palpitations, and inability to sleep. She has been an excellent student in school but has had increasing difficulty concentrating…

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Congenital and Perinatal Infections

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Patient Story Print Section Listen A 7-day-old infant is seen in the emergency department because of a rash that was noted on the infant’s trunk and back. The rash consisted…

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Kawasaki Disease

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Patient Story Print Section Listen A 13-month-old previously healthy boy was admitted to the hospital with a 7-day history of high fever and marked irritability. Over the past 3 days,…

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Scleroderma and Morphea

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Patient Story Print Section Listen A 4-year-old boy presented with a one-year history of skin redness and tightening over the right upper extremity. His mother had initially noticed the lesion…

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Zoonoses

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Patient Story Print Section Listen A 12-year-old boy developed fever to 38.9ºC and felt ill. Over the next 2 days, he developed a red spots on his hands and arms,…

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Lupus—Systemic and Cutaneous

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Patient Story Print Section Listen A previously healthy 16-year-old African American girl presented to the clinic with alopecia and rash over her face and arms for 6 months (Figures 173-1…

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