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Category Archives: Medicine
Case Study 3 – Skin Lesion
HPI: 29 yo male presents to the clinic with a skin rash on his left leg that appeared abruptly over the past week. The lesion is not painful, but appears to be getting worse. He notes that he has had … Continue reading
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Tagged belen clinic, cuzco, infectious disease, leishmaniasis, peru, puerto maldonado, skin lesion, sodium stibogluconate
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Case Study 2 – “Gripe”
Today’s case is an example of a very common complaint that patients come into the clinic for – “el gripe.” When translated, it literally means “flu,” but really I feel that it encompasses any or all of the symptoms of … Continue reading
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Tagged belen clinic, cold, cuzco, dexamethasone, diclofenac, family medicine, gripe, medicine, peru, steroids, upper respiratory infection
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Case Study 1 – Abdominal Pain
Case Study 1 – Abdominal Pain HPI: 15 year old female comes to the clinic presenting with a chief complaint of abdominal pain. The abdominal pain is generalized in location, and described as a dull pain, non-radiating. She notes some … Continue reading
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Peruvian Drugs
Similarly to the United States, Peru (or at least, the Belen Clinic in Cuzco) also has pharmaceutical salespersons who visit doctors’ offices to give their pitch about the latest and greatest drugs. So far while I have been working at … Continue reading
Intro to Belen Clinic
Janie and I started working at the clinic this week. I am working primarily with a Peruvian resident-intern (sorta-speak) and we usually see about 12-14 patients each morning. Janie is working with a psychotherapist, helping to counsel patients (I believe … Continue reading
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