Diagnosis of Patient The author of this report has been asked to diagnose a youth that has come in complaining of an inability to sleep. The girl seems to be in good overall health but she is having some pain. She does not pay a whole lot of attention to the doctor as the doctor enters the room. She briefly glances up and says hello but looks back down. The child apparently has a fixation on computer and phone use and the mother believes this is a factor. The child retorts that the use of the phone and the computer is instead a distraction from the pain she is experiencing. There are no previous childhood illnesses and the she has not been diagnosed with any chronic illnesses. There have been no hospitalizations or surgeries. Immunizations are completely up-to-date at this point. There have been no blood transfusions. The child denies use of alcohol, tobacco or any illicit drugs. The girl has no current medications and had her last period about a week ago. She is a good student and lives with her parents and siblings. As for family history, the biological mother has no issues to speak of but the father has bipolar disorder, albeit controlled. The siblings of the patients are in good health. Both of her grandmothers (paternal and maternal) died from breast cancer. The maternal grandfather died of lung cancer. The paternal grandfather is alive but has...
Firstly, there would be the question of where the pain is located, how strong it is (on a 1-10 scale) and how often it happens including how long it occurs each time it happens. The doctor should ask if there are common activities or behaviors that are going on when the behavior occurs (like using the phone or computer). The notes thus far indicate it is limited to headaches and this is causing her to not be able to sleep. There are a couple of diagnoses that could be in play here but the list is not very long.
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