Critical Thinking
exam Scenario (HUM
115)
,Skin: warm, mildly diaphoretic.
Pain in private parts
Vomiting once on the way to clinic Pain
down low in stomach and private parts
Pain started two hours ago
13-years-old male child has sudden onset of left testicular pain 2 hours ago. The pain started during the
basketball match. He is also experiencing nausea and had one episode of vomiting. During physical
assessment swelling is observed in let testicle and left cremasteric reflex is absent. Patient has
tachycardia and diaphoresis.
, HPI yemisi
Caleb Metz is a 13 years old male patient came to the clinic with the complaint of pain on the left side of
groin region. He mentioned that the pain started about two hours ago during his basketball match. He
stated that a sharp pain started suddenly and is persistent. He rated pain as 9 on the pain scale from 0 to
10. He is also experiencing nausea and has one episode of vomiting since then. Nothing is relieving the
pain however, the pain increases with movement. He has not taken any medication for the pain.
Hpi Gloria
Cc: testicular pain
Caleb Metz is a 13-years-old child came to the clinic with his father, with a complaint of testicular pain.
The patient stated that a sudden pain in his left testicle started two hours ago when he was playing the
basketball match. The pain is persistent and increases when he walks or moves. He is also experiencing
nausea and had vomited once. Patient has not taken any medication for the pain. Patient rated the
pain 9 at the pain scale of 0-10.