Description:

Sally Jones, 45 years old, presents to the primary care clinic with complaint of a headache. She says the headache usually comes when she is at work. She works as an administrative assistant for a chief Executive Officer at a local hospital. The headache is usually generalized and bilateral and most of the intensity of pain is around the neck or the back of her head. Sally says ?When the pain comes it is like a tight band around my head.? She says the headaches have been occurring more frequently over the past 30 days.

Directions:

Based on the case study please provide a response to each of the following questions.

1 Develop a list of three differential diagnoses for Sally?s symptoms.
2 Prioritize the three differential diagnoses from the most serious diagnosis to 3 the least significant diagnosis.
4 What is the most likely differential diagnosis based on Sally?s history of present illness and chief complaint?
5 Describe the incidence and prevalence for the differential diagnosis you identify for this case study.
6 What is the pathological cause of the differential diagnosis you have selected for this case study?
7 Is this differential diagnosis an acute or chronic illness?