{"id":299,"date":"2015-06-03T11:44:13","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T11:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primarycaregenetics.eshg.org\/?page_id=299"},"modified":"2016-01-10T11:25:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-10T11:25:19","slug":"cases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.primarycaregenetics.org\/?page_id=299&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our modules are entirely based on cases you might see in primary care. \u00a0The following cases are examples, would you know how to answer them? <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Gen-Equip project aims to help you answer these queries.<\/strong><\/p>\n

TOM <\/strong><\/p>\n

Tom, a man of 32 years comes to see you in the clinic.\u00a0 You know him quite well because he is very sporty and has had several football injuries.<\/p>\n

He tells you that he has noticed his stools are often very dark and there have been flecks of blood in them.\u00a0 This has been happening almost every day for about 2 months….his wife has insisted he come to see you.\u00a0\u00a0 He is clearly upset, nervous and very embarrassed.\u00a0\u00a0 He says that he is afraid this means cancer.<\/p>\n

HELENA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Helena is 32 years old.\u00a0 She is in good health. She comes to the surgery very concerned because her sister has just been diagnosed with breast cancer at 37 years. She is very worried about herself and her 13 year old daughter. She wants immediate breast screening.<\/p>\n

SOPHIE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sophie, who is aged 28 years comes to the surgery for sleeping tablets.\u00a0 She has not slept well since her sister (aged 23 years) died suddenly and unexpectedly from what the doctors think was most likely an undiagnosed heart problem.\u00a0 She is very worried about herself and her two young children.<\/p>\n

MILO<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maria is new to your clinic.\u00a0 She brings in her son, Milo to see you. He is 19 months old.\u00a0 Her sister\u2019s child is about the same age and she has noticed his development is much more advanced than Milo\u2019s.\u00a0 She is worried because he cannot walk alone and says only two words (Dad and drink).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He crawled at 16 months.<\/p>\n

LINA and GEORGE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lina and George come to see you about starting a family.\u00a0 They have had no pregnancies yet but want to become pregnant.\u00a0 They are concerned because Lina\u2019s mother lost two babies in late pregnancy and had one miscarriage, they do not know why.<\/p>\n

JOHN<\/strong><\/p>\n

John is aged 53 years.\u00a0 He is in good health and has come to you for a flu vaccination (he works as a carer for frail elderly people). \u00a0He mentions that his mother died of dementia at 65 years and asks you if you can do a genetic test for dementia?<\/p>\n

ELISABETTA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elisabetta comes to the clinic for her first antenatal visit.\u00a0 She is a 24 year old healthy woman and is 9 weeks pregnant in her first pregnancy.\u00a0 She is of Italian origin and her partner Carlo is from the same locality in Italy.<\/p>\n

MARTA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marta is 35 years old and has been a patient of yours for many years.\u00a0 She was diagnosed with epilepsy when 19 years old and her epilepsy has been stable for eight years.\u00a0 She is now 7 weeks pregnant and wants to make sure that the baby is healthy.<\/p>\n

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Our modules are entirely based on cases you might see in primary care. \u00a0The following cases are examples, would you know how to answer them? The Gen-Equip project aims to help you answer these queries. TOM Tom, a man of 32 years comes to see you in the clinic.\u00a0 You know him quite well because he is very sporty and has had several football injuries. He tells you that he has noticed his stools are often very dark and there […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":202,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.primarycaregenetics.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.primarycaregenetics.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.primarycaregenetics.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.primarycaregenetics.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.primarycaregenetics.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=299"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.primarycaregenetics.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":302,"href":"https:\/\/www.primarycaregenetics.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/299\/revisions\/302"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.primarycaregenetics.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.primarycaregenetics.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}