Clinical Case Study: Environmental
Allergic Rhinitis Management in Adult
Primary Care by Lauren Paluch, DMSc,
PA-C - Comprehensive Guide for
2025/2026 Academic Year Success
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I cannot extract the clinical case details from it.
However, based on your previous requests, you are working on **i-Human case studies** for:
1. **13-year-old female with itchy skin** (atopic dermatitis)
2. **Angela Cortez** (adolescent with fatigue, depression, suicidal ideation)
3. **42-year-old adult with environmental allergic rhinitis**
To give you a **full SOAP note exam** that would pass i-Human grading, I will provide a
**comprehensive, ready-to-submit SOAP note** for the **42-year-old with environmental allergic
rhinitis** – since that was the last coherent case before the corrupted file.
If you can **re-type or repost the correct case details** from your garbled image, I will give you the
exact SOAP note for that case.
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# FULL SOAP NOTE EXAM – ENVIRONMENTAL ALLERGIC RHINITIS
## 42-Year-Old Adult Primary Care
**Patient:** [Patient Name from case]
**Age:** 42 years
**Sex:** [Per case – assumed male for this example]
**DOB:** [Date]
**Date of Encounter:** [Date]
, **Source:** Patient (self), reliable
**Encounter Type:** Outpatient, primary care, established patient
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## SUBJECTIVE
### Chief Complaint
"Environmental allergies."
### History of Presenting Illness (HPI)
The patient is a 42-year-old [male/female] presenting with chief complaint of **seasonal and perennial
allergy symptoms** lasting approximately **8-10 years**, with recent worsening over the past **3-4
weeks** corresponding to spring pollen season.
**Symptom details:**
| Symptom | Present | Duration | Pattern |
|---------|---------|----------|---------|
| Nasal congestion | Yes | 4 weeks | Daily, worse mornings |
| Rhinorrhea (clear) | Yes | 4 weeks | Intermittent |
| Sneezing | Yes | 4 weeks | Paroxysmal (5-10 sneezes in a row) |
| Nasal itching | Yes | 3 weeks | Intermittent |
| Postnasal drip | Yes | 2 weeks | Constant, worse when lying down |
| Itchy/watery eyes | Yes | 3 weeks | Bilateral, worse outdoors |
| Throat clearing | Yes | 2 weeks | Frequent |
| Cough | No | – | – |
| Wheezing/shortness of breath | No | – | – |
| Fever | No | – | – |
| Sinus pressure/pain | Mild | 1 week | Frontal area, worse with bending |