Recently, a family member has been experiencing stomach pain for over a month now. She has been explaining that she has noticed some symptoms, including nausea and a burning sensation. The symptoms often occur after she has had a meal or sometimes when she has not had anything. With this information, we managed to get a medical intervention to help ascertain the root cause of the stomach pain that she had been experiencing.
At one point, she became very ill from the same symptoms that she had been complaining about. We quickly took her to a local health facility, where she was admitted for further observation. At the facility, we realized that she was not giving a complete picture of what she was experiencing, thus warranting a misdiagnosis by the healthcare providers. We detected this mishap as she kept interacting with the medication she was given at the healthcare facility. Then, after a day, she was being given painkillers, which only made the whole treatment plan concerning. I had to intervene to ensure that the healthcare providers had all the accurate information that they required.
The findings after I intervened were that our patient was intolerant to some foods, she was not taking medication in the right way, and she was skipping some meals and staying hungry for long hours. At this point, we knew that we were ready for a new treatment plan, which included changing the medication she was on, getting tests done conclusively to help inform the right medication to be prescribed, eliminating some of the foods that she was taking and monitoring the symptoms for their severity and frequency.
The final results at the medical facility revealed that Helicobacter Pylori (H-Pylori) was detected in her digestive system. This diagnosis informed the cause of the pain and the symptoms that she was experiencing. At this point, our patient was readmitted and had to be induced the right medication to help reverse the illness and bring her closer to recovery. Positive change was noticed at this point, and she was ready to be discharged when the tests revealed that everything was fine. Upon being discharged, she was given medication whose intake schedules were very strict. This meant there was a need to adjust accordingly by ensuring that our patient had someone to help monitor the medication intake as scheduled. Dietary changes were also a factor that we needed to consider. Here, we ensured that we monitored the food the patient was intolerant to and those she would not react to. This meant that we had to record every meal the patient took and then eliminate accordingly when a reaction was noted. It was also time to ensure that the patient had a regular schedule of meals to avoid the chances of an empty stomach that would cause stomach pain.
Deductive reasoning helped navigate the complexity of an individual’s well-being, failure to which a generalized diagnosis would have been made, thus compromising the outcome. The appropriate treatment suggested as a result of intervening and closely working with the healthcare providers allowed the patient to get specific treatment for her issue before it could worsen. We were also able to ensure that preventive measures were considered with the aim of reducing the risks of recurring symptoms. Overall, there was an improvement in the patient’s outcome and an improvement in their health and well-being.