Herpes Simplex Virus: A Case Study

At present, Herpes Simplex cannot be cured. The symptoms can be only managed. The root cause, a virus, remains latent in the body. There are about 25 types of Herpes. The most well known are Herpes Simplex Type I (oral) and Type II (genital).

The considerations in the differential include the listed symptoms. The possibility of a DVT is the most urgent and requires immediate evaluation due to the potential consequences to the patient. The patient has a positive Homan’s sign, reduced pulses, the swelling of the left lower leg. This diagnosis is likely. The diagnosis of cellulitis is also a possibility due to the redness along with the swelling of the lower left extremity. However, the patient’s body temperature is normal, indicating the lack of infection

In Kindred Rehabilitation, the patient had a total knee replacement due to osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis causes degenerative changes, within the joints causing bone stiffening and reactive inflammation. My patient was admitted on 10/21/11 with osteoarthritis and a left total knee replacement. Her PT and INR were a concern because she had developed mild thrombocytopenia which resulted in the elevation and potential bleeding. The physician had to take her off of Lovenox and switch her to an oral anti-coagulant Xarelto at 10mg once daily. During her care I was educated by the interdisciplinary teams managing mobility, safety, and the more

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a virus that affects many people in the world. This paper will discuss the history, taxonomy, structure, and replication of the virus. The common symptoms, treatments, and vaccinations will also be discussed.

The patient is a 66-year -old retired black male. The purpose of the visit was to determine medication compliance, evaluate functional and mental status and perform a complete physical evaluation. His chief complaint is left knee and foot and calf soreness and ankle swelling without any injury for approximately seven days. He states that he has pain in his left knee, soreness to his calf increases with swelling and redness to his left ankle but no temperature changes to his left leg or foot. He states that his calf pain increases with dorsiflexion of his left foot. He describes the pain in his knee as pressure and rates the pain as 4/10. The pain does not radiate to anywhere other than his calf and knee.

The first thing that you want to know is probably what causes an outbreak in the first place. There is no single cause of a herpes outbreak. It is actually a combination of many factors. Poor health is definitely one of them. Your immune system should be in tip top shape if you want to avoid a herpes outbreak from happening. Try to eat healthy foods as much as possible. You should also exercise regularly and make sure that you are getting enough rest.

The skin appears well healed. The heart sounds are normal with no murmurs or extra heart sounds. Her lung fields are clear to auscultation and percussion. The previous carbuncle is completely healed although there is some residual scar. The previous areas of vasculitis do still have some superficially open areas of skin, but there is no purulent drainage and these do not look frankly infected at this time. The right knee is slightly swollen when compared with the left; however, there is no joint line tenderness and she is able to perform range of motion of approximately 70-80 degrees. She is not able to extend completely.

Based on the latest medical report dated 06/10/16 by Dr. Whalen, the patient complains of neck pain and left arm

The patient is a 68-year-old Caucasian female who presents with a swelling of her left lower extremity with acute pain. The patient's history is significant for end-stage kidney disease on peritoneal dialysis, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, and neurogenic bladder. She was recently in the hospital for C. difficile colitis. This is a recurrent DVTs. The first episode was 4 years ago. She was on Coumadin for 6 months at the time. The left leg is described as being warm to touch, 1+ edema and tender. The ultrasound describes a chronic occlusive thrombus of the popliteal vein with developed collateral circulation but the physical findings would suggest there is some acuity going and the patient will be placed on anticoagulation and

Nice work on your discussion board. Herpes Simplex Virus (HPS) 1 is currently being studied for a potential connection with the development of Alzheimer’s. The form of dementia is currently being studied with no definitive cause known. Recently studies have linked the neurotropic virus which often affects 90% of the population with the development of Alzheimer’s (Lövheim et al., 2015). The current hypothesis is based on the weakening of one’s immune system with age and the progression of HSV1 through the trigeminal nerve to the meninges via the olfactory tract creating an infection within the brain (Lövheim et al., 2015). The progression of the infection leads to inflammatory changes specifically changes on the cellular level creating

Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection is widespread and causes significant disease in humans. The structure, epidemiology, pathogensis and immune response are examined in this review, as well as specific ways to reduce and eliminate pathology and related diseases. The virus naturally infects mucosal areas and begins the search for its target host cell. Upon binding to the host cell membrane via teams of glycoproteins, the virion is then phagocytosed. Soon the nucleus is seized and all regular host cell mechanisms are shut off. Replication of HSV-1 is specific encoding immediate early, early and late genes. Once the

01/20/16 Progress Report documented that the patient was last seen on 12/08/15. He has seen Dr. Gammon and is scheduled to have a surgery on 02/01/16. He is planning to do a fusion into the left leg to help stabilize that nonunion. He is on Lyrica 150 mg twice a day and wants to increase that. He also takes Feldene 20 mg once a day, Robaxin 750 mg 2-3 times a day and Miraprex 0.25 mg once a day. He was advised to stop Feldene, 3 days before his surgery. He was also advised to stop any Aspirin products. He takes Aspririn 88 mg once a day.

Our patient was a 55-year-old female who came for laparoscopic omega gastric bypass surgery to lose weight because of excessive obesity (with a BMI of 46.6). In her past medical history she had hyperlipidemia and depression and in her past surgery history, she underwent mastoidectomy surgery in her right ear and hysterectomy due to menorrhagia 12 years ago. In that time she was on OCPs because of menorrhagia and after she didn't respond to the treatment they had to do hysterectomy surgery after which she developed DVT in her right leg so she was treated with warfarin for six months and after that warfarin was discontinued. Currently, she is taking propranolol 20mg, nortriptyline 25mg, atorvastatin 40mg and fluoxetine 20mg daily. In pre-operation

In October 2015, the World Health Organization published statistical data showing that two-thirds of the world population carry the herpes virus. VICE interviewed a 26 year old woman named Shannon about what it is like to live with genital herpes. Shannon contracted herpes when she was 22. She got it from a one-night stand, who wasn’t aware that he was carrying the virus. When she approached her doctor, he panicked about what he saw and sent her to the genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic. The doctor at the GUM clinic reassured Shannon and told her that “it’s really not a big deal.” Shannon remarks that since she got it, two other friends of hers have too. Shannon developed health anxiety after first being diagnosed. She bought an antiviral

___ [NAME] returned to the oncology clinic today as an add-on. She experienced new onset of swelling in her left calf. She is not having pain in the calf but she is having pain up in her thigh. She has had this on previous occasions, but they have resolved spontaneously. She is not having any coughing. She has some shortness of breath with exertion, but not at rest. No chest pains.