Increasing Left Lower Quadrant (LLQ) - Healthcare Assignment

Internal Code: MAS4237

Healthcare Assignment:

Mr Bob Jackson is a 55-year-old man admitted to ED with a presenting complaint of diarrhoea, nausea and malaise. His Subjective and Objective examinations are as follows: History of presenting complaint: 1-week history of increasing Left Lower Quadrant (LLQ) abdominal pain and diarrhoea Questions: 1) Hypothesise the most likely chronic disease process that fits Mr Jackson’s symptoms and history. Your hypothesis must be justified by aetiology and pathophysiology relevant to Mr Jackson’s presentation. 2) Name one other chronic disease that explains Mr Jackson’s symptoms. Justify what further data, such as diagnostic tests and/or further history, which would enable a clinician to discriminate between these two diseases.