Jesse H., a family medicine student at Wayne State University, tells us about a patient he saw with general cold/flu symptoms that were tested and came back negative. It wasn’t until he expanded his patient history that he arrived at the correct diagnosis in VisualDx.
“Patient was a young man in his 30s with a 3-day history of general cold/flu symptoms, including sore throat, cough, fever, fatigue, mild diarrhea, nausea, and a headache. The headache was described as retroorbital. No sneezing, rhinorrhea, abdominal pain. There were also signs of swollen cervical lymph nodes. Monospot and throat swab found to be negative. Flu also negative. Patient was a smoker and sexually active. On further probing, patient had recently broken up with a girlfriend and had joined multiple dating apps. He had gone on multiple dates with new women, which usually ended in unprotected sex. VisualDx output Acute Retroviral/HIV Syndrome as the top differential, ahead of mono, influenza, and others. An HIV screen was performed and was positive then confirmed with further tests and treatment for HIV was initiated.”
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