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Discussion Question 1
For this questions, please read the following case study and then respond to the questions noted below.
Mr. JD is a 24-year-old who presents to Urgent Care with a 2-week history of cough and congestion. He says it started out as a “normal cold” and it will not go away.
nasal discharge. He says he has had a low-grade temperature for the past 2 days.
John reports an intermittent frontal headache with this cold. He is otherwise healthy, with no known allergies. In his assessment it is that his vital signs are stable, temperature is 99.9 degrees F, tympanic membranes (TMs) are clear bilaterally, pharynx is erythematous with no exudate; there is greenish postnasal drainage; turbinates are swollen and red; frontal sinus tenderness; no cervical adenopathy, and lungs are clear bilaterally;
1.Firstly, Is there any additional subjective or objective information you need for this client? Explain.
2. Secondly, Would you treat Mr. JDs cold? Why or why not?
3. Thirdly, What would you prescribe and for how many days? Include the class of the medication, mechanism of action, route, the half-life; how it is metabolize in and eliminate from the body; and contraindications and black box warnings.
4.Further, Would this treatment vary if Mr. JD was a 10 year-old 78 lb child? Include the class of the medication, mechanism of action, dosing, route, the half-life; how it is metabolize
in and eliminated from the body; and contraindications and black box warnings
5. Lastly, What health maintenance or preventive education is important for this client based on your choice medication/treatment?