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Night Terrors (Season One, Ep.2)

Here we go again!

I don't want you to overthink this case, focus on the details and let me know which rubrics you thought were the most important!



Highschool kid, collapses during a lacrosse game


DDX:

16 year old male

Sudden onset of double vision

Slight cut above the right eye after taking the hit in his lacrosse game and his helmet coming off


Night terrors - for 3 weeks

during the event, then didn't remember anything

No neurological deficiencies

Twitch in right leg

Falling asleep while sitting up and talking


Exhausted

Hit in the head during a lacrosse game


Had double vision before the concussion

Right leg twitches all the time and he isn't very aware of it


Myoclonic jerk

Brain is losing control of the body

Conscious during the night terrors and then he didn’t remember anything


Has night terror about his doctors removing his toe while he is restrained


Begins hallucinating

Almost walks off a roof

Sweating and flushed

Starts hearing voices (auditory hallucination)

No fever

No sign of infection or inflammation



In review, was there anything that you felt was important that I did not mention above? Could it have been a particularly important mental symptom?


Let me know by sharing or when we meet up on Discord.

And if you can't get into the discord chats, shoot me an email, our Monday discussions are full already so I will be looking at another date and time!



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