A Patient Reporting Bone Pain, with or Without Local Swelling

question 9

Multiple Choice

A patient reporting bone pain, with or without local swelling, and systemic symptoms

• A) requires a timely medical evaluation.
• B) needs the earliest appointment available.
• C) neither of the above.
• D) both a and b.

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Definitions:

Flat Affect

The display of little or no emotion—a common negative symptom of schizophrenia.

Hallucinations

Perceptions in a conscious and awake state in the absence of external stimuli which appear real, but are created by the brain.

Catatonia

State of immobility and unresponsiveness, lasting for long periods of time.

Immobility

The state of not moving or being unable to move, often occurring as a behavioral response in animals (including humans) under extreme threat.