What do you think before that you said: the patient has a psychiatric diagnosis. Part I


Authors

  • Héctor Jairo Umaña Giraldo
  • Daniel Stiven Marín-Medina Universidad tecnológica de Pereira http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9077-6309
  • Daniel Ricardo Arias-Jaramillo
  • Jessica Andrea López-Posada
  • Eliana Lucía Rodríguez-Suárez
  • Manuela Gámez-Cárdenas
  • Tatiana Álvarez-Vera

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22517/25395203.18951

Keywords:

Diagnosis, Fatigue, Arthalgia, Anxiety, Paresthesia

Abstract

Patients refer their symptoms in a variety of terms such as: “I am
tired”, “my joints hurt”, “my body itches”, “my mouth is dry”,
among others. Given these symptoms, the doctor automatically
thinks in a limited number of pathologies that are familiar to him,
but there are many other causes to these symptoms that are not taken
into account. The lack of knowledge of the doctor causes the patient
to be dissatisfied by not having a correct diagnosis and adequate
treatment, this leads to multiple visits and the doctor comes to ask
himself “will this patient have a psychiatric diagnosis?”. This article
lists the frequent causes of these symptoms, describes causes that
are rarely suspected and the clinical keys for the doctor to diagnose
them. The first part will address the symptoms: fatigue, paresthesia,
pruritus, arthralgia, anxiety and changes in behavior. The second part
will develop the symptoms: intolerance to food, xerostomia, syncope,
dysphagia and manifestations in patients with bariatric surgery

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Author Biography

Daniel Stiven Marín-Medina, Universidad tecnológica de Pereira

Médico interno UTP

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Published

2019-10-27

How to Cite

Umaña Giraldo, H. J., Marín-Medina, D. S., Arias-Jaramillo, D. R., López-Posada, J. A., Rodríguez-Suárez, E. L., Gámez-Cárdenas, M., & Álvarez-Vera, T. (2019). What do you think before that you said: the patient has a psychiatric diagnosis. Part I. Revista Médica De Risaralda, 25(1). https://doi.org/10.22517/25395203.18951

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Review