Hi. I'm currently a med student who just entered clinical years, and I'm trying to figure out what has happened on my friend. I got puzzled making a diagnosis and I hope you may help me with it. Thankyou!
She presented with two days of mild watery diarrhea, followed by cough and sneeze. She's afebrile (or in any case, it's so mild that she didn't notice it ). And later together with the respiratory tract symptoms, she also found little erythematous papules over her upper lips.
My question is :
Can I still say it is flu since she presented with diarrhea as the first symptoms, or it is in fact gastroenteritis? How can I differentiate between two?
And do you think it is bacterial or viral infection?
Look forwards to hearing from any of you.
She presented with two days of mild watery diarrhea, followed by cough and sneeze. She's afebrile (or in any case, it's so mild that she didn't notice it ). And later together with the respiratory tract symptoms, she also found little erythematous papules over her upper lips.
My question is :
Can I still say it is flu since she presented with diarrhea as the first symptoms, or it is in fact gastroenteritis? How can I differentiate between two?
And do you think it is bacterial or viral infection?
Look forwards to hearing from any of you.