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NRP511 Advanced Pathophysiology

Week 6 Discussion

Patient Scenarios: Headaches and Chronic Pain Syndrome

Address one of the following, Patient A or Patient B, and respond to the prompt:

Patient A

You have a 42-year-old female patient present to your clinic with a many year history of “headaches”. Identify and discuss at least one question you may ask this patient regarding their chief complaint and the pertinent pathophysiology to support why you’re asking.

Patient B

You are seeing a 68-year-old male with medical history positive for chronic pain and multiple chronic medical comorbidities. You review the depression screen which seems to be positive today. Describe how depression can contribute to his chronic pain syndrome using relevant pathophysiology. How is this related to his other chronic disease and comorbidities?