Imagine that you are in the clinic and a patient approaches you with the disorder you have chosen below. Disorder is: Hypertension You don’t know yet that they have this particular disorder, but your job is to help this patient. Use the following as a guideline to assessing the patient:

1)  Signs and Symptoms Symptoms are what the patient describes to you. Among these will be a Chief Complaint. Usually the one thing that causes them to seek help. Signs are what a health care professional would observe when examining the patient. Appropriate anatomical terminology should be used.

2)  Differential diagnosis a. Using the signs and symptoms described above list and briefly describe 5 other diseases the patient might have based on these findings. Ie. If a patient came in with a chief complaint of lower right quadrant abdominal pain you may develop a differential diagnosis of; appendicitis, bowel obstruction, gas, ovarian cyst, abdominal muscle injury.

3)  Tests Which tests are usually ordered for your disease? How do these tests rule in or rule out your differential diagnosis list?

4)  Treatments (and risk factors) List common treatments. These could include medicines, surgery, or life style change. Since treatments often correct underlying risk factors, describe the common risk factors for developing your disease.

5)  Prognosis a. How well do patients recover? These are all questions you will answer by researching the disorder you select. For this project, you will know the end result, but what if you didn’t? Your goal is to help the class understand the process you would go through in a clinical setting. Your project should have at least 3 different peer reviewed references. These references should be citied in-text and follow APA format.